User Reviews

The Amazon description led me to believe this was about actual military and/or police violence but by about 20 minutes in I realized this was actually about seeing having to make compromises to live in a society as "violence." I could shoot holes in libertarian propaganda all day but this review is about the movie. It was informative about the unexpectedly broad range libertarian ideals and I learned more about the philosophy in general. It's always good to understand other people's beliefs and I feel better equipped counter libertarian proponents in debates.

This documentary is the condensed package of why the state is inherently antithetical to human flourishing. I grew up conservative from the South with all the neo-con trappings that with with my decision to join the military as an Air Force Officer to "fight for freedom" and to "serve my country". Many voices in this documentary are the voices that have shattered my world view and have helped me build a more coherent understanding of human behavior, human interaction, and human flourishing.

No doubt this documentary will come under attack from the "establishments" of the "left" and "right", if it's truly allowed the see the light of day on mainstream outlets where the "3x5 card of allowable opinion" (credit: Tom Woods for this phrase) often doesn't make room for anything but solidarity with state action and state power.

The more I catch up with libertarian and anarcho-capitalist thought and bodies of work, the more I am continually humbled by the breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding I still need to pursue. This was a phenomenal documentary and will be a crowing achievement for a technological era that is still forming.

Next time make sure you don't have your buddies all vote on the same 2 days with their 10 star ratings.

All you have to do is go down the list and look at the dates of his 29 star ratings.

Most of the ones interviewed have zero to do with anarchism

They are right wingers arguing they'd be wealthier without having to pay taxes

Friedman is the lazy spouse of a billionaire

Ron Paul is the nut who argues the government had no right to free slaves

Know what they truly want.

Great movie. I really liked Jeff Deist's section on taxation, and Thaddeus Russell is right, school IS a prison.

The strongest voices in true libertarian ideology are exhibited in this amazing documentary. It appears that critics of this title are just angry because the doc didn't reenforce their pre conceived notions.

Doc goes into the origin of the state and why it is immoral. some people don't like it when you argue with their "right" to other peoples possessions

The world has strong states and many weak ones. Where would you rather live?

The US or Afghanistan?

Canada or Pakistan?

Germany or Somalia?

England or Lebanon?

A bonus of living in a weak state is that you could start you own gang and be a warlord. But chances are, you'll be forced into an existing gang or killed quickly. Anarchy can be fun.

You need to watch this if you're confused or disillusioned about the non-sense occurring across our world today.

This film will open your eyes to the nature of government, I HIGHLY recommend this film.

No governments, no state, no leaders, no taxes. We don't need medicine, clean water, food on shelves, electricity or anyone telling us we what we do need. And, we damn sure don't to spend money on anything that gets broken or is in need of replacement. In a world with 7.8 billion people on the planet, it basically becomes every man for himself, because, heaven forbid, another man tell any man what to do or how he should do it. Seems to me there won't be any "monopoly" on violence, it will eventually be in every mans hands, only becoming a monopoly when it's in the hands of the last man standing. This isn't a documentary, it's a rant by a particular shepherd looking for his sheeple.

Interviews with James C. Scott, Michael Huemer, David Freidman, Tom Woods, Bob Murphy, Dave Smith, Scott Horton countless others.

Historians, Economists, Anthropologists, Philosophers, Theorists, and a few comedians give the most invaluable background and primer on what the state really is and how a stateless society would be an obvious improvement over the archaic and regressive institutions of the state.

Lots of critiques of the state, solutions to problems, and history on what anarchism really is.

Logical and well researched, this piece lays out all the evidence and draws the only logical conclusions to that evidence, that government cannot be trusted to act in the interest of the people.

Very good work with the best names in the anarchist movement. They explain really simply what is the nature of the state and why it is not gonna work out.

This is a great film to watch and get a view of the history of government and politics that isn't really permitted to be presented in modern mainstream society, schools or media. There are a number of interviews with great thinkers and promoters of peace and liberty who give a much better assessment of what personal liberty really means and how we could be living free lives if it really mattered enough to people.

Fantastic documentary that went into a lot of detail into the various schools of anarchy and how it morphed over the years in thought. It also made very compelling arguments as to why the State is harmful from various perspectives including Social Contract Theory.

Very interesting and philosophically thought provoking. Camera and sound work iffy at times but still very well done

Informative and interesting. Perfect to watch with someone in your life that is on the fence about the role of the State in society.

Very good primer on American libertarianism. We need more of these.

This documentary offers phenomenal background on the history of states and explains why anarchism is the natural state of humanity. It goes through different theories and offers real world examples of anarchism. Best documentary on anarchism since Anarchism in America(1983) and the Karl Hess documentary Toward Liberty(1980)

Very well done! It's fair to all of the anarchist ideologies.

Full of historical information. Thought provoking. Challenges conventional thinking. Many thoughtful guests 10/10 would recommend

You won't know what to do next, until you know the nature of the opposition.

You can withstand , grumpy old men picked outta think tanks troughout the united states, philosophying how things were and what will come if we...and so forth. because its like a digital homeschooling case of isms deliberation and its quite funny to listen to, but also extremely utopian unless an armageddonish pandoras box global cathastrophy allas comet impact or releasing every nuclear arsenal loose, that may give the opportunity to start all over again as lice or mice and the survival of the fittest becomes the fastest and fattest.....digression , sorry.

its a very well made opiniotics how man became ''the man'' and not the women, and why you have to pay taxes when you cant get health expences covered through a welfare system.

there are also a chunky mass of all varieties of anarchism's thats elaboreted and counterweighted, and the sharp tounges of some of the contestants are really peerworthy and amusing. being a small pasifistic soscialist in norway may give myself a far better objective view on the status q over the dam these days so analytical it is.

production though are very amateurish and low quality sound and picture, the trick og chapterizing things are good and the choice of historical background material in sound and filmstrips are fairly good. so the grumpy old man can warmly recommend a look, its to all and for all colours of the rainbow.