In this podcast, we discuss Chuang Tzu's Cracking the Safe [ix. 2.], which outlines the emergence and persistence of kleptocratic states and the operations of their rulers. Chuang Tzu mocks the plethora of 'rules and principles' rhetorically expounded by kleptocrats and characterises them as merely the ideological support for unwieldly bureaucracies. Against this mode of social organisation, Chuang Tzu proposes simplicity and bucolic peace. We discuss the resonances between this passage and 'classical anarchism'. [Free. 46 minutes.]
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TORY SLEAZE - INTERESTING TIMES 41
ADVENTURES IN THE TWITTERVERSE - IMPENDING REVOLUTION?
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN THE UK & BEYOND - PART 2C [THE PRESENT]
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN THE UK & BEYOND - PART 2b [THE PRESENT]
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LAO TZU 41
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TAOIST DIALECTICS
LAO TZU 40
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GB NEWS & TOXIC 'FREEDOM' - INTERESTING TIMES 40
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SAVAGE JAVID'S RANDIAN FANTASY - INTERESTING TIMES 38
COVID19 & MENTAL HEALTH
EYES - COMMENTARY ON A VERSE
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