THE VIDEO SHELF · political authority
I'm Allowed to Rob You!
A short anarchist-leaning video by Larken Rose arguing that the Constitution and similar documents cannot legitimately grant anyone the right to take other people's property. It uses a rhetorical 'paper that lets me rob you' setup to challenge belief in political authority.
Why HN readers recommended it
Libertarian-minded commenters post it in surveillance, government and constitution threads as a red-pill argument that political authority is illusory.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Larken Rose
- Topic
- political authority
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2017
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
The only way to "solve" the problem is to spread awareness of it. Political authority is the idea that a small group of people "has the right" to impose their will on everyone else. In reality though, they obviously do not. Everyone has the exact …
anoncowherd on Hacker News · 2013-12
In Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplishedYeah, speaking the truth tends to get you downvoted. People are silly and emotional. But it's nice to see another independent thinker here. I've noticed you before. Don't pay much attention to the political circus though, the false choice between "Demopublicans". That's all smoke and …
sillygeese on Hacker News · 2015-08
In Stocks Off Sharply as Market Upheaval GrowsIn reality, it's not that complicated. Here's all you need to know about the Constitution: [VIDEO]
HiYaBarbie on Hacker News · 2015-09
In America’s Fragile Constitution
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