Тег: Libertarian Band

Conditions for the Stability of Anarchy

I am glad to present a new video from Libertarian Band, opening the third section of the cycle on libertarianism. This section will describe how a stateless society works. And today’s video describes the conditions under which a stateless society will remain stable.

First, we touch upon the previously analyzed iterated prisoner’s dilemma, then we chew over Hirschleifer’s conditions for the stability of anarchy, which have been mentioned here several times, but for dessert, we provide our own answer.

Further on, I hope it will only get more exciting, so please subscribe.

Stationary Bandit

It’s been a while since we’ve delighted you with fresh videos from the Libertarian Band! Today’s video concludes the second part of the cycle on libertarianism. In the first part, we started with the fact that the state has failed, and then discussed how libertarians try to eliminate it through various means. In the second part, we explained various terms and concepts popular among libertarians. And now we have returned to where we began, talking about what the state is, all its pros, cons, and pitfalls.

In the third part of our long cycle, we will proceed to explain how a stateless society is organized and how it works.

Interview with Mikhail Pozharsky on Libertarian Band

While I was relaxing in Germany, the well-known and highly respected libertarian Mikhail Pozharsky visited Novosibirsk to give a lecture. It is a great pity that the lecture itself was not recorded, and consequently, I was unable to listen to it. Fortunately, the Libertarian Band studio team caught Mikhail before his presentation and conducted a fairly thorough interview.

In my opinion, it turned out to be very interesting; thanks to Katya Khudoleva for the questions. It’s great that the studio proves itself to be a quite viable team, even when someone is away for a while. I would have asked different questions, but I’m not sure the result would have been better.

The free rider problem and the tragedy of the commons – new video

Check out the new video on the Libertarian band channel! This time, our focus is on two interconnected terms: the free-rider problem and the tragedy of the commons.

The free-rider problem is the bane of any community. One step to the right or one step to the left, and you either have the tragedy of the commons with the collapse of any productive cooperation, or the state with its total slavery. In the video, we outline the main approaches to solving the problem.

And at the beginning of next year, the final episode of the second part of the cycle on libertarianism awaits you, in which I will try to reveal the image of our main enemy—the state.

Institute of Reputation

I am pleased to present a new video from the Libertarian band team, with whom I have the honor of collaborating. This time, we are analyzing such an important yet murky topic as the institution of reputation.

The video took a long time to prepare because the team was moving to a new studio, and it wasn’t without a few flaws, but overall, I think it turned out quite well. The script for the next video is already ready; I hope we can release it this year.

Give it a like, comment, share the link, and improve the team’s reputation if you feel they are making a good product. I want the video to get more views than the recording of Svetovoy’s lecture)))

Guide to Panarchism

The rise of the Russian libertarian movement over the last few years has not only led to the word “libertarianism” being frequently mentioned outside the libertarian circle itself, but also to the fact that the exposition of libertarian ideology in Russian, adapted for the Russian-speaking reader, is beginning to consolidate. Mikhail Svetov moved from five-minute videos to hour-long lectures, and is now writing a book. I started with answers to scattered questions, but for six months now I have been working with the Libertarian Band team to prepare a systematic video course presenting my understanding of libertarianism. And just yesterday, Ved Neuman also announced the start of work on a full-fledged panarchic manifesto, but first constructed a guide to panarchism, in which he collected and grouped by topic most of the materials published on this subject by the developers of the panarchism doctrine itself.

I hope you have already read or watched most of the materials provided in the guide — its value lies precisely in the systematization.

NAP

Check out the new video on the Libertarian Band channel! As part of the second series of stories about libertarianism, we have reached such an important term as the NAP, or the Non-Aggression Principle. We analyze how it emerged from the doctrine of deterrence, how it evolved, where it is presumed to evolve, and what its limitations are (since there are many in the libertarian community who want to build absolutely everything based on the NAP).

Of course, a full and thorough analysis cannot fit into six minutes, but we tried not to take up your precious attention for too long. We will talk about other aspects of living in society in the following videos. Work on a new video — about the institution of reputation — has already begun.

Containment Doctrine – a new video from Libertarian band

I am pleased to present to you a new video from our Libertarian band team. In the first five, we gave a brief introduction to why libertarianism is relevant, the paths it takes, and where it is heading. Now, we have decided to deal with the specifics. In this six-minute video, we briefly explain why a war of all against all is a ridiculous scare story, where the state came from, and why, after its abolition, it is unlikely to be able to rise again.

I hope you appreciate the increased artistic level. They say the main character of the video was very non-illusorily hit in the face with a rifle butt; I am admired by his heroism and love for art.

– Omae wa mou shindeiru.
– Nani?

Ancap for Grandmas

My team and I at Libertarian Band have released a new video, this time — about ancap. Back in winter, I wanted to write an overview text about how I see the relationship between the main currents of libertarianism (which differs from the traditional division into minarchism and ancap), but I never got around to it. Instead, this was achieved in a series of five videos, which finally concludes today.

The “Libertarianism for Grandmas” series will continue; in the second part of the cycle, we will focus on explaining individual key concepts for libertarianism. For now, as they say, subscribe, leave likes, and send bitcoins if you like what we’re doing. It’ll only get cooler from here!

And for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of ancap without waiting for new videos — you are most welcome to read our translation of The Machinery of Freedom by David Friedman, which is also still ongoing, but a significant part of the book has already been translated.

Video about specific risks when playing chess

Agorism for grandmothers

Libertarian band has released a new video from the “for grandmothers” series, this time about agorism. Be sure to watch it; I think it turned out quite lively. And for those who want to dive a bit deeper, I’ll remind you that I have already talked about agorism on my channel. In January, I answered a question from the Classical Liberal, where I pointed out that agorism is not the only way, and one should not completely neglect political methods, and in June, on the contrary, I responded to criticism of agorism regarding the claim that counter-economics does not weaken the state in any way.

Dr. Zoidberg’s seminar on the benefits of underground medicine