The Dispossessed : State Happens

Ursula K. le Guin’s “The Dispossessed” is one of the most in-depth examinations of how a large anarchist society might function, addressing both the problems it solves and those it creates for itself. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in the communist-leaning variants of anarchism in particular.

This video is in part a companion to this one https://youtu.be/fzp4Y4OamgY from a few weeks ago. The original cut of that one had a brief mention of a couple details from The Dispossessed, but I decided it really needed its own video.

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00:00 Intro
01:58 Anarres is not an Island
04:45 Shevek goes to Urras
07:00 Abolition of Property
08:30 Social Pressures and Pravic
12:30 Necessity and Ossification
14:45 Necessity of Conflict
15:45 Shevek’s Wild Ride