Comments on: The Deeper Meaning of Fight Club: You are not the Contents of Your Wallet

By: Anarcho

Anarcho — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:19:00 +0000

Seeking protection from the state is childlike…and your mentality is the definition of what the state does…turning human beings into scared, domesticated house pets.

By: Kristyne Smith

Kristyne Smith — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:30:00 +0000

The state doesn’t exist to defend and protect OUR freedom. The state exists to protect its goods and material possessions. You are not your job because you and your job are collateral.

By: Michael Suede

Michael Suede — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:36:00 +0000

What article did you read?

By: Me

Me — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:31:00 +0000

Anarchism is for children and idiots. If you’re not a child or an idiot you’d like police to stop big angry people from raping and robbing you or your family.

While the government sucks, its tyranny is far short of the level that justifies taking arms against it, IMO. We have a democratic process to change our shitty laws, and it’s working somewhat, if slowly. Marijuana is being legalized in some states, as is gay marriage. Gambling has been expanded. There’s obviously still a long way to go.

All becoming violent is going to do is marginalize the libertarian message and give a legitimate reason for the government to come at you with deadly force.

By: Tyler Durdan

Tyler Durdan — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:37:00 +0000

Fight Club is like a guide book on how Libertarian Hippies should behave.

By: Tyler Durdan

Tyler Durdan — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:35:00 +0000

Two words: Brandon Raub

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:55:00 +0000

You know,
Its funny. The whole story of fight club is a story of a schizophrenic man who starts up a cult that becomes a terrorist organization. It is hailed by many libertarians (me included) as being one of the best libertarian/anarchist movies ever made. Now, most libertarians would never publicly support any group that actually tried to model itself after Project Mayhem, in fact most libertarians would go out of their way to distance themselves from any group that tried to emulate the actions of Tyler Durden. However, isn’t it interesting that most (if not all) libertarians and anarchists would agree that the State (at least in its present form) is a criminal organization. Furthermore much of what libertarians want to enact is currently seen as criminal (legalizing drugs, prostitution, selling organs, gambling, ending taxation) all those activities that libertarians would like to see legalized are currently criminal acts. Many libertarians are frustrated with the lack of action on the part of other libertarians and endlessly discuss tactics for ending the state. Why isn’t outright illegal activity advocated? Why not recommend people go out and grow pot, cook up meth and other drugs, stop paying taxes, manufacture and sell weapons, etc? I mean those activities are illegal and yet libertarians are in the weird position of defending that idea that they should be legal. So why not advocate the breaking of these laws? If you know anything about the laws of this country than you will concede that most people have broken at least some of the millions of laws on the books, so in effect we are all already criminals. It is only our own sense of morality (warped though it may be) that prevents the majority of our fellow inmates from rioting and making our imprisonment costly for those that seek to rule us.

By: Dave Cochrane

Dave Cochrane — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:47:00 +0000

Whilst I am no fan at all of The State (oppressive as it almost inevitably is), I still believe in principle that when a state punishes a criminal it is not necessarily for reasons of childish tantrums but rather to exact justice and also to deter other would-be criminals. In its purist form, a state exists to defend and protect the natural freedoms of those who live within its borders. Sure, I am not the product of my material possessions or even my physical body, but that doesn’t mean someone else has the right to liberate me from them.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:44:00 +0000

I just had a visit from a friend from thirty years ago. He makes terrific money now but it didn’t make him any happier. Sometimes the best things in life are free. Fight club is one of my favorite films. It’s right up there with The Matrix.