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Ray Mangum

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  • Ray Mangum
    Ray Mangum → Mr. A the Barber: Hey, thanks for the comment.

    In brief, it all depends on what you mean by equality and freedom. There are two modern conceptions of equality: equality of socioeconomic outcomes, and equality before the law. The anarchist point of view rejects both not on...  more    Hey, thanks for the comment.

    In brief, it all depends on what you mean by equality and freedom. There are two modern conceptions of equality: equality of socioeconomic outcomes, and equality before the law. The anarchist point of view rejects both not only because they potentially violate liberty (in the former case state socialism violates liberty in obvious ways, and the latter allows for equal oppression by unjust laws like conscription), but they violate equality as well, since both, in the words of Roderick T. Long, "assume, and indeed require, an inequality in authority between those who administer the legal framework and everybody else." See Long's essay, "Equality: the Unknown Ideal". Also a very brief piece by B.K. Marcus which shows how, as long as there is coercion upon one member of an exchange (even if the source is not the second member), the exchange is necessarily exploi...    less
    • May 9, 2009
  • Ray Mangum
    Ray Mangum → Mr. A the Barber: I'm a little embarrassed to say that I've not read Nozick, since it's such a standard libertarian book, though I have read reviews by Roy Childs and Murray Rothbard which defend anarchy against Nozick. It's on my reading list, suffice it to say.

    On an un...  more    I'm a little embarrassed to say that I've not read Nozick, since it's such a standard libertarian book, though I have read reviews by Roy Childs and Murray Rothbard which defend anarchy against Nozick. It's on my reading list, suffice it to say.

    On an unrelated note you might dig the new song I put up on my blog, "Train Kept a Rollin'" by Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages.  
    • May 10, 2009
  • Gringo Starr
    Gringo Starr: Welcome aboard, Ray and thanks for diggin' Sonic Nightmares!
    --Gring
    • May 6, 2009
  • Mr. A the Barber
    Mr. A the Barber: Here's a random question to ponder,
    Within a modern liberalist society is it possible to have both equality and freedom?
    After you've dealt with that check out my primitive rock'n'roll podcast
    Stay Sick
    Mr A the barber
    • May 9, 2009
  • Mr. A the Barber
    Mr. A the Barber: Hey Ray
    Thanks for the article by Roderick T. Long very interesting. Have you come across Robert Nozick's book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. His theory is somewhat unfinished but nevertheless interesting, as the title suggests it questions the feasibility o...  more    Hey Ray
    Thanks for the article by Roderick T. Long very interesting. Have you come across Robert Nozick's book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. His theory is somewhat unfinished but nevertheless interesting, as the title suggests it questions the feasibility of anarchy, the state and utopia. His concept fiercely protects and supports the negative theory of freedom, arguing that anarchy was unable to protect individuals write to coercion from other individuals or groups but unlike Locke he believed the answer was not to jump straight into a social contract with its emphasis on a state based control over individual freedom. Instead he argued in order to allow negative freedom to prevail all that was needed was a minimal state or as he termed it a nightwatchman state, its role would be to protect and guard individuals personal right to ownership of all forms of property, (that means ones own actions and physical property). All other societal needs would be reliant on market based interactions, importantly for Nozick any...    less
    • May 10, 2009
  • Mr. A the Barber
    Mr. A the Barber: Yeah Lord Sutch was a gonzo in the good sense!
    Did you know he had a political party that fielded candidates in every UK election, they stood under the banner of THE MONSTER RAVING LOONEY PARTY
    needless to say that didn't win a seat!
    Also while at it Ritc...  more    Yeah Lord Sutch was a gonzo in the good sense!
    Did you know he had a political party that fielded candidates in every UK election, they stood under the banner of THE MONSTER RAVING LOONEY PARTY
    needless to say that didn't win a seat!
    Also while at it Ritchie Blackmoor he of Deep Purple and Rainbow featured on a number of Sutchs early songs. I saw his band a few times in London back in the 80's fangtastic stuff.

    Anna Arendt is next on my list as I've only really dipped in and out while I was studying Nazism.  less
    • May 10, 2009
  • Ixnayray
    Ixnayray: hey ray!

    thanks for adding me - and thanks for checking out and enjoying my WAY PAST COOL podcast!

    i'm definitely gonna challenge you to "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" sometime!
    • May 14, 2009
  • The Angry Breed
    The Angry Breed:


    Fuzz on!
    • October 11, 2011
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Personal Information

  • First Name Ray
  • Last Name Mangum
  • Gender Male
  • Birthdate September 26, 1981
  • Location: Salt Lake City

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  • Website http://rmangum2001.wordpress.com/

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  • Bio R. Mangum ­is a forme­r guitaris­t and prac­ticing wri­ter (becau­se practic­e makes pe­rfect). He­ is a spir­itual athe­ist, a lib­eral anarc­hist, and ­born-again­ skeptic. ­He lives b­etween sta­cks of boo­ks and som­etimes wri­tes comedi­c and esot­eric versu­s [sic] un­der the ps­eudonym Sh­i Fu Tzu. ­He is an e­xpert at p­laying “Si­x degrees ­to Kevin B­acon” and ­will displ­ay this ta­lent at pa­rties if g­oaded by h­is girlfri­end or giv­en 25 cent­s.
  • Favorite Music Oh god don­'t get me ­started: E­lvis, The ­Beatles, 6­0's garage­, Punk, Su­rf, Early ­Jamaican S­ka, Dub, T­he Velvet ­Undergroun­d, Bob Dyl­an, John F­ahey, Harr­y Smith's ­"Anthology­ of Americ­an Folk Mu­sic", Jame­s Brown, C­lassic R &­amp;B Soul­ (Otis Red­ding, Sam ­Cooke, et ­al), 50's ­love balla­ds, girl g­roups, Exo­tica (part­icularly L­es Baxter ­and Yma Su­mac), Enni­o Morricon­e and yes,­ some Jazz­ and Class­ical.
  • Favorite Movies The Good t­he Bad &am­p; the Ugl­y, Fargo, ­Barton Fin­k, Pulp Fi­ction, Ed ­Wood, 2001­: A Space ­Odyssey, C­rumb, The ­Third Man,­ Psycho, T­he Texas C­hainsaw Ma­ssacre, Mu­lholland D­rive, The ­Maltese Fa­lcon, Dr. ­Strangelov­e, Blade R­unner, JFK­, Taxi Dri­ver, Repo ­Man, A Har­d Day's Ni­ght

  • Roll Over Walter Benjamin: The Cultural Politics of Rock and Roll

    Posted May 18, 2009

    It is typical of Marxism to view art and culture as a epiphenomena ("superstructure" I believe is the correct jargon) of economics. The first Marxist art critic was Marx himself, writing in “A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy": . . . is Achilles possible side by side with powder an...

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