This playlist presents the main video series based on Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination. Taken together, these episodes form a connected, cumulative argument rather than a collection of standalone videos. Each part builds on what came before, gradually dismantling familiar assumptions about power, authority, money, work, democracy, punishment, technology and control. Rather than treating anarchism as a political identity or future blueprint, the series approaches it as a practical method of analysis. It asks how authority is normalised, how obedience is learned, and how social systems that present themselves as natural or necessary are historically contingent and actively maintained. The series moves from critique to construction. Early sections expose the myths that underpin the State, markets and hierarchy. Later chapters explore how people already organise life outside those frameworks through mutual aid, informal cooperation, shared resources and non-coercive forms of accountability. The emphasis throughout is on understanding why existing systems fail before asking what might replace them. These videos are designed to be watched in sequence. They assume attention, patience and a willingness to question deeply held beliefs. The aim is not persuasion or recruitment, but clarity – offering tools for thinking about freedom, responsibility and social organisation without rulers.
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Part 26 – Religion and Authority Religion, like the State and money, has long functioned as a system of authority. This episode examines how organised religion has been used to legitimise hierarchy, obedience and domination — from divine kingship and crusades to caste systems and colonial conquest. We explore how belief disciplines differently from law or debt, shaping obedience through fear, salvation and moral authority. While acknowledging liberatory and spiritual traditions, this chapter focuses on structure rather than sentiment: who holds power, how it is enforced, and whose interests it serves. If money controls us materially, religion often controls us psychologically. To understand freedom, we must examine both. This series follows the structure of the book and builds a connected critique of power, money, the State, work, control, ecology and resistance — one section at a time. This project is about: • Exposing hidden systems of power • Reclaiming autonomy • Mutual aid over hierarchy • Life beyond wage slavery, State and spiritual control ✅ From the book: Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination 📚 Sections in this episode: • 47. Introduction – Faith, Power and Control • 48. A Very Brief History of Organised Religion and Domination ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr