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Among Animals
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Among Animals
In Nature
We Struggle
To exist
Birds
Ants and Bees
Live socially
Bound together
to weather
circumstance
Mutual Aid
Among Animals
To live
To thrive
Not just survive
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2. |
Swarms of Butterflies
01:56
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Swarms of Butterflies
mass-flights
That occur
occasioned
by monsoon
this action
is not a reaction
but rather
a consequence
of imitation
of desire
of following
all others
In this chaos
Of possibility
and desire
become unbridled
and what
we collectively
choose to create
manifests
In a swarm
of butterflies
anything
becomes
quite possible
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Among Savages
03:10
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Among Savages
In this supposed war
of each against all
few are the species
who live alone
We share
To protect
To progress
To prosper
To thrive
Not just survive
Together
For the best
chances of survival
mutual aid
is mutual support
We now have
to play our part
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Ants and Bees
03:15
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Ants and Bees
always tell the human
What the human needs to hear
When sympathy is
marred by sentiment
Put forth by Argument
better suited for cautious work
The thought that
morality can only
Originate from a
warm blooded embrace
minimizes the
biological sympathy
and voluntary co-operation
among ants and bees
You see
In the life of ants
And the nations of bees
Both societies
work collectively
What they
both possess
Is a predisposition
to assist
without
the coercion
or mandate
or domain
of government
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Among Barbarians
02:56
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Among the Barbarians
Through the
organization
Of what we
call civilization
Individuals
struggle
to survive
Our current crisis
Shows just how frayed
And broken
our bonds
Have become
in isolation
This life is conflict
Me against you
us versus them
tribe against tribe
All the while
Fearing the other
The result from this
chaotic contest
is that hostile forces
Have divided us
into class and caste
or enslaved to despot
Or the invisible hand of time
for consumption
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Checks to the Over
03:17
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Checks to the Over
Now that we are
an extremely large
collective population
that inhabits every
section of the globe
We call to the
most defenseless
those with no beak
or claws
Those who possess
the social disposition
To create the conditions
which makes
life go
To the unresisting
creatures,
Who must
explore every tree
I call to action
To experience
a rich harvest
That may be reaped
not sewn
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Among Ourselves
03:30
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Among Ourselves
To the pessimist
Politician or pundit
who proclaims
that warfare
and oppression
Is the essence
of our selves
And our instinct
can only
be restrained
Through limits
Must be overthrown
Now, more than ever
We are ready
for new
systems
of social
organization
economy
and ethics
That come from
Among ourselves
Not the same
source of oppression
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Peter's Choice
03:00
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Peters Choice
A new union
will manifest
From the implosion
Of our State
Our struggle
Through strikes
through resistance
Collective action
Co-operation
Based on
Free association
Self-sacrifice
for community
not consumption
Creating a world
where we can share
Mutual Aid
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9. |
Counter Argument #5
02:41
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The Uncivil Society Seattle, Washington
I do, because I love to do it. I understand that I am a hack musician, a terrible vocalist and a sloppy graphic artist. I don’t care about achieving perfection, because I am happiest while being engaged in the exalted messiness of my creative process. I don’t worry about capturing the perfect take. I am satisfied by the pure joy I derive from expressing myself without filter or restraint. ... more
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