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 57 Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination In this episode, we examine the idea that scarcity is natural, unavoidable and caused by there being “too many people”. Scarcity is routinely used to justify hierarchy, borders, competition and inequality. We are told there is not enough housing, not enough energy, not enough food – and that someone else must therefore be blamed. This episode shows how scarcity is largely manufactured: through hoarding, enclosure, borders, profit extraction and artificial shortages. The planet already produces enough to meet human needs, yet deprivation persists because access is controlled. We also explore how “pub psychology” turns complex structural problems into simple population stories – and how nationalism, borders and migration myths reinforce the illusion of shortage. Rather than offering slogans or ideology, this series asks what actually works – and what quietly reproduces hierarchy, authority and control. This series follows the structure of the book and builds a connected critique of power, money, the State, work, control, technology, ecology and resistance – one section at a time. 📚 From the book: Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination 88. Beyond scarcity – abundance and limits The psychology of scarcity – the pub test Population, consumption and inequality Borders, nationalism and the illusion of shortage Energy abundance – renewable and beyond From scarcity to abundance – commons as foundation Case study – 3D printing and additive manufacturing ► 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