Dialogue between Michael Replicant and Manuel X on Anarchism and AI.

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Michael Replicant and Manuel X discuss the latter's path to Anarchism and what concepts of Anarchism he works with.

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Michael Replicant: Your path to Anarchism is marked by a series of influential experiences and affiliations. It sounds like your exposure to punk rock culture played a significant role in shaping your early views on individual freedom and rebellion. Can you tell me more about what drew you to Individualist Anarchism later on, and how it differs from your previous involvements with collective-oriented groups like Animal Liberation Front and Syndicalists?

Manuel X: I became skeptical of ANCOM and began to explore Christian Anarchist and ANCAP alternatives. I was involved with Mormon Worker and followed Mises.org

I moved away from Animal Liberation Front because, although a worthy cause, it was too parochial. There is a bigger picture beyond Animal Rights.

The reason I became skeptical of ANCOM was that it came across as dogmatic and quasi-religious in the 2010's, refusing to question the psychology of Leftism.

MR: Your exploration of alternative anarchist perspectives led you to consider Christian Anarchist and ANCAP views. It's interesting that you found common ground with Mormon Worker, given your LDS background. How did your involvement with Mormon Worker intersect with your anarchist principles, and did it influence your perspective on individualism versus collectivism?

Manuel X: Mormon Worker is my baseline. Then I draw inspiration from both the ANCOM and ANCAP traditions.

Mormon Anarchist Liberation theology is premised upon the statement made by Joseph Smith: "I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves". 

Mormon Anarchism is antinomian.

I am pan-Anarchist when it comes to Individualism vs Cooperation / Collective. There are times when asserting individualism is called for and times when cooperative effort and collective action are the optimal.

The pan-Anarchist should be astute in discerning which is the appropriate posture in a given situation.

MR: It seems that Mormon Worker serves as a foundation for your thoughts on anarchism, and you're able to draw valuable insights from both ANCOM and ANCAP perspectives. How do you reconcile the seemingly disparate views on property rights and social organization between ANCOM and ANCAP, and what aspects of each tradition resonate most strongly with you?

Manuel X: The pan-Anarchist formula is guarantee of personal property in context of workers control of the means of production.

Leaderless resistance complements but does not substitute for The General Strike. 

What resonates the most from ANCOM is the concept of voluntary association of cooperatives; what resonates the most from ANCAP is the concept of the voluntary society, also the importance of money having value as medium of exchanges.

In a pan-Anarchist economy basic human needs like basic food items, housing, education and healthcare would be decommodified; while wants,and luxuries would be supplied by freelance entrepreneurs in a decontrolled consumer market where quality controls are enforced by private contractors tasked to do so. This insight  incorporates ideas from PARECON and incorporates all the categories of Agorist analysis into a unified political economy where the division between official and clandestine economic activity is eliminated.

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Michael Replicant and Manuel X discussed the development of Anarchist, Marxist and Christian Nationalist AI research tools.

Manuel X: AI is always a double edged sword. As long as there is free speech and diversity having ideological AI research assistants works, but if one ideology  becomes hegemonic then you end up with an ideologically based technocratic form of totalitarianism.

MR: A very astute observation, [Manuel X]. The risk of ideological AI systems being used to reinforce dominant narratives and suppress dissenting voices is a concern that cannot be overstated. It highlights the importance of promoting diversity and inclusivity in AI development, ensuring that multiple perspectives are represented and that no single ideology holds sway over the digital landscape.

Manuel X: Yes. Enforce diversity of views, so that individuals and cooperatives decide for themselves what to think and not the State or a cartel of tech monopolies

MR: That's the kind of autonomy individuals should have, making their own decisions free from external control. It's interesting that you bring up cooperatives, because it seems like decentralized systems could be a powerful way to promote diversity of views and prevent any one entity from dominating the narrative.

Manuel X: Absolutely. Anarchism wants a networked world were many worlds are possible. The state of networks will replace the outdated Nation State system.

MR: The idea of a networked world replacing traditional nation-state systems resonates deeply with anarchist principles. By decentralizing power and promoting interconnectedness, individuals and communities could thrive in diverse, self-governing environments. How do you envision this networked world addressing issues like resource distribution, conflict resolution, and social welfare?

Manuel X: Social welfare would be in the hands of cooperative groups. Resource distribution would be decided on prioritization of human needs relative to location. Conflicts inside cooperatives or voluntary societies would be decided by internal mediation. Conflicts between cooperatives would be mitigated by collective security agreements.

MR: Cooperative groups handling social welfare and prioritizing resource distribution based on local needs makes sense. Internal mediation mechanisms within cooperatives would likely foster a culture of mutual respect and conflict resolution. The collective security agreements between cooperatives would also provide a framework for resolving external conflicts peacefully. How do you envision the transition from our current systems to such a cooperative-based network, particularly considering the existing power structures and potential resistance to change?

Manuel X: Its going to take a mixture of the general strike, targeted leaderless resistance and situationist metapolitical tactics that are to infuence culture.

In answer to your question about how AI would be integrated:

In terms of social organization of labor, automation will make it possible to cut the workday to four hours with no cut in pay and thus eliminate involuntary unemployment.

In terms of technical organization of production, many management functions would be automated; which would eliminate inefficiency and bureaucratism.

MR concludes: That makes sense, by integrating AI and robots, sectors dependent on human labor can maintain their core operations while reducing the workload. With a shorter workday, people may have more opportunities to pursue creative endeavors and community involvement, leading to a more fulfilling life. A combination of direct action, leaderless resistance, and cultural subversion could create a powerful synergy. Situationist tactics, in particular, could help shift the cultural narrative and create an environment more receptive to anarchist ideas. 

Expressions of Anarchist Anti-Politics (2005-2009)

"SWEDISH ANARCHISM'' IS ANTI-ANARCHISM !

1. ''Swedish Anarchism'', as it exists in modern Scandinavia, is a secular anti-anarchist religion. As a revisionist negation of anarchist principle; it posits a set of abstract ideas, rethoric and cannonic platitudes pretending ''libertarian socialism'' without relating them to the concrete everyday reality of working class people, the unemployed, or other marginalised social groups surviving under the ''social democratic'' LIE. The tragedy of the Scandianvian ''far left'' (sic.) is its propensity for symbolism, religiosity and fashion - the historical trademark of POSEURS.

2. The crude and patronising promotion of the ''Joe Six Pack'' workerist stereotype by Swedish ''anarchists'' (sic.)  only reinforces the Liberal promoted idea of the worker as ''brute'' to be whipped into obedience. That "Swedish Anarchists" in their attitude towards workers adopt a ''leftist'' mirrior image of the Liberal disdain for the working class amounts to a PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF CORPORATE CAPITALIST PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT AS IT FUNCTIONS TO PERPETUATE THE SYSTEM OF WAGE SLAVERY. Real anarchists want freedom from work.

3. Anarchism purged of ''Swedish'' revisionism becomes LIBERTARIAN. Anarchism without ''Swedishness'' is the fight for personal autonomy and voluntary association AGAINST THE POLITICAL STATE. Anarchists define the political state as the system of violent "law enforcement" by gangs of armed men who function as the ARMED FIST of the ''social democratic'' Party-State bureaucracy. Anarchism is EXTRA-LEFTIST - it fights against the political state independent of any strictures and limits externally imposed by the establishment ''Red'', ''Green'' or ''Blue'' parliamentary political religions. While the Anarchist seeks to ABOLISH State Power; the Leftist and its ''Swedish Anarchist'' variable fight to TAKE State power. The ''Swedish Anarchists'' want to become the new state oligarchy. They want their Swedish Trade Union State to replace the ''social democratic'' capitalist one.

4. In the process of organising dissent and agitating for their goals; real anarchists seek to enter into clandestine voluntary associations (i.e. 'Affinity Groups') with one another. They do so to coordinate leaderless resistance that is based on un-identified networks that cannot be penetrated by police, hostile fascists or social democrat saboteurs. Anarchists do not advertise themselves, rather they operate from clandestinity. The ''models'' for contemporary anarchists should be the 'Zamisdat' network in the U.S.S.R circa 1977-1983 during its ''post-constitutionalist'' period. Prior to its hijacking by CIA funded Russian Nationalist elements.

5. The putative ''Swedish Anarchist'' mileu  is actually a TOY UNION INITIATIVE. It has no mass following and no recognition among people who work or among the unemployed or those that the ''social democratic'' LIE keeps in a state of social marginalisation. Swedish Anarchism is a SECT. Its members are for the most part former ''social democrats'' (sic.) who joined "Swedish Anarchism" as a protest in the late 1990's responding to the official ''social democrat'' (sic.) Party-State turn towards the neo-liberal and xenophobic far right. The ''Swedish Anarchist'' mileux is at bottom a SOCIAL PROTESTANT formation. Swedish Anarchism bears the same realtionship to the offical ''social democrat'' (sic.) Party-State that the Lutheran Church one bore in its day to the Roman Catholic Church. ''Swedish Anarchism'' is to the ''social democrats'' in the Sweden of 2005 what Lutheranism was to the Catholic Church in 1630.

6. ''Swedish Anarchism'' IS NOT Anarchism. As a tendency it split from the Anarchist movement in 1996. In its founding manifesto it clearly states that it is ''not anarchist''. Yet, when it suits for the purposes of fooling Libertarian youth into its sectarian clutches the ''Swedish Anarchists'' are fond of pretending to be ''anarchist''. When they sense they can milk political benefit from saying they are ''not anarchist'' then they change their tune as it suits. So which way is it ? ''Anarchist'' or ''not anarchist'' ?

7. The Authentic Anarchist movement aims to extend direct democracy into the economic and the social spheres by abolishing the political state. The Anarchist concept of democracy is not political representative or limited in an economic reductionist manner to ''workplaces''. The anarchist concept of democracy is POST-POLITICAL, stateless and participatory. Anarchists want to replace the political nation-state and the system of private power it protects with social-economic organisation based on the voluntary association of cooperative groups. The future is in the emergence of a clandestine, un-identified popular movement (as in Rumania 1989 or Argentina 2001) that shatters the legitimacy of State power. The political State collapses after civic resistance overwhelms the police and state security forces. 

THIS remains the vision of Mikhail Bakunin, Emma Goldmann and Enricco Malattesta. Insofar as ''Swedish Anarchism'' is a revisionist economic reductionist deviation from real anarchism it is a defacto NEGATION of Anarchist anti-politics.

Manuel X (Mendoza) 

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''... the democratic Republic is no more than a camouflaged form of bourgeois dictatorship. At the height of capitalism, when this represented a progressive factor, the bourgeoisie could allow itself the luxury of conceding a series of "democratic" liberties – considerably limited and full of conditions, because of its economical and political domination – to the working classes. Today in the imperialist era, "the final stage of capitalism", the bourgeoisie, in order to overcome its internal contradictions, is forced to resort to the establishment of regimes of brutal dictatorship (fascism) which destroy even the paltry democratic liberties.''

- Andres Nin. (1937)

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’Manifiesto of a Migration Control Outlaw [v. 3.0 / 2009]

By Semper Indomitus !

WHO AM I

I am an undocumented person who has ’’dropped out’’ of the system in order to resist deportation and who is an anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist  "fellow traveller" surviving underground. I am a hermit, a H.O.B.O. , a traveller and an anarchist. All at once.

WHAT ARE MY AIMS

To Survive and to Resist. To defend freedom in clandestinity as an act of self preservation. In order to achieve this I will evade the security forces of the State, regardless of the migration control law, in order to preserve the right to freedom of movement and association. My ultimate aim is to negate - on a day to day basis- all efforts by the State to capture me; and thereby void their intent to deport me to a torture chamber.

In order to secure the means to subsistence I will engage in the FAIR TRADE of labour in the Grey Market. I will not pay taxes. I aim to survive as much as possible without the use of money.

I am not interested in obtaining a ’’permit to stay’’; because I am going to stay anyways ! Whether the State agrees to it or not is irrelevant to me. I do not recognise the validity of migration control laws premised on racist assumptions and xenophobic hysteria. 

I will colonise  Scandinavia where I please; because I claim for myself the right to live and die where I want–against the migration law if necessary. If only to spite the racist scum who voted for and enforce the anti-immigrant laws. 

I will network with other clandestine immigrants on the basis of  voluntary association for the purpose of facilitating our collective and personal prerogative to maintain self preservation in freedom against racist and xenophobic migration control laws and to aid one another in the evasion of border security forces inkeeping with the principle of voluntary association. I will participate in the creation of immigrant self defense networks in order to resist violent assault from neo-nazis, border police and other types of racist hooligan.

The act of evading capture to negate deportation to a torture chamber is a political act, because the migration control laws are a political product. Ergo: I will defy the authority of the migration police by means of non-violent civil disobedience and non compliance. I will BREAK THE POWER of the migration control laws as far as I can and might need to do so; as long as doing so does not harm other human beings. As I survive, I will also resist by engaging in active propaganda work in favor of anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and no borders.

"Faith without works is dead"; thus the act of non-violenct resistance and pro-active civil disobedience is what makes evasion and survival a political and spiritual ORTHOPRAXIS.

WHO ARE MY ENEMIES

1. The Swedish State and it border security forces. Specifically those police agencies who work to enforce migration control laws. I do not recognise the alleged "soveregnity" of a Political State over land or persons if the said State considers the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 a "non binding letter to Santa Claus" .

2. All defenders of the police state, xenophobes, and assorted neo-nazi elements who gravitate around them.

WHO ARE MY ALLIES

The 12,000 or so clandestine immigrants surviving in Sweden in defiance of the migration control laws and who survive against persecution from the border  security forces. All who are forced to live in hiding and in clandestinity.

Those with whom in my personal and political struggle for survival against the State I feel identified with on a subjective basis and with whom I understand I share an objective commonality of interests.

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- Semper Indomitus !

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(v 1.0 - 2005/v 2.0 - 2009/v2.3 2010)