Ancient Irish Anarchy: Kevin Flanagan Coombes

[@maireid]

"'Anarchy' does not mean 'no rules'. it means 'no rulers'."

[@asleeperj]

Everyone forgets the second R

[@jaxtontitan6246]

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[@simonhank697]

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[@jaxcairo4121]

@Simon Hank Yup, I have been using FlixZone for since march myself =)

[@jaxtontitan6246]

@Simon Hank Thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D Appreciate it!

[@nonasuomy9865]

Absolutely brilliant. What you describe as how the original Irish people lived is who we truly are as humane human beings. we inherently KNOW what is fair and reasonable and what is not. We know how to live in harmony, we just been conditioned to believe that there must be rulers to maintain order. I like very much your expression "spontaneous order" it is exactly what happens when we are left to get on with life with no bosses or bossing. Thanks for this story or how the Irish lived. I'm sure all people did prior to the people who decided they were better and more important than everyone else imposing their shit on everyone else.

[@calibvr]

No, most races were horrendous without leadership because inherently they are pitiful

[@jeremiahquinlan2482]

I moved from Ireland over 30 year ago listing to good men like you Kevin makes me so proud of being Irish ☘️ great mind❤️🗿🇮🇪

[@lineaayo]

I'm Irish and Native American and you just saved me so much time. Granted I wouldn't say I'm against the state, I'd say the more educated / coherent a population is the less they need a state. (Stolen from Godwin) So I'm against the state as an ultimate goal for humanity, but I love the state as a way distribute education until every community can live without hurting other communities. Many native groups are fine now as they live with no impact on the planet. The rest of us have a lot of work to do in order to make our technology that efficient. Keep up the great work even if my opinion differs slightly!

[@HowToChangeTheWorld]

Nice one! You have peaked my interest in early Irish jurisprudence and customs. Every man and women deserves the right to stake a claim in the Earth and try to produce wealth and the necessities of life. We all have nativity rights to use of our native lands required to sustain our lives.

[@timothyschulz5506]

This stuff resonates so strongly with me, I 'm close to tears

[@Carolinenor]

🙌 wohoo just what Ive been talking about the last days! 😲🥰Im so excited and thankful to learn about ancient ireland. 🙏❤️‍🔥

[@Carolinenor]

That dude in the end tho.. 🤐

[@mynameisnobodysometimeseve7653]

Very good presentation. Thank you, answers many questions for me.

[@andrewjcarragher3436]

Class Man I Respect you 100%

[@heathlowry9323]

What I really want to understand about the past history of Ireland is, why did alot of them leave their home land to come to America. Like I don't understand how the people got so oppressed to leave something they built.

[@drts6955]

Extreme poverty and famine were the main factors, not political oppression (at least directly). I mean it's not really that hard to understand it happens everywhere.

[@byrne8509]

@@drts6955 there was huge political oppression by the british. irish natives were not aloud to fish and most food and livestock were sent to the plantations in the east for the british, and its estimated that 600,000 were killed in cromwells campaign. so a combination of famine, disease and overall despair caused many natives to leave the country.

[@OSTARAEB4]

Research Anglo-Irish history and the colonization of Ireland with Britain stealing the country and the Penal Laws, invasions to "civilize" The Irish. The push to eradicate the religion, Irish language, numerous famines, conquest and relocations, burn outs, absentee landlords, evictions, and squashing independence movements but all they can talk about are the IRA activities in the UK but don't want to face their own crimes in Ireland, India and throughout the world. The Irish were starved out of their own country and resources plundered to feed "The Commonwealth".

[@eileencregg6754]

Kevin You are. Very informative, love all this history... You are a Brilliant young man love,👀💯🍀💚💯👀🇮🇪❤️

[@RizenAbility]

Miss you Bro! I hope all is well with you!

[@amplituhedron1300]

Stellar XLM is playing a huge roll now....

[@MulberryGate]

Excellent presentation!

[@jeremiahquinlan2482]

What I love about Ireland is the ability to think. What smart people. This reminds me of Connor Mcdoury...

[@Compl33tR4nd0mZ]

Interesting to say that Highland society in Scotland was run like this too, and also never conquered by Rome. It was stamped out for apparently being too free & chaotic.

[@peadarmc91]

The Scotti did come from Ireland.

[@tonycarton8054]

excellent

[@sonja7halcyon]

Nice one Kev. I'm wondering if I can find the time to write up and submit spanish captions for this. I have a few friends who'd be interested in hearing it. Keep up the awesome work. Sonja x

[@MrChopshammer]

I loved this so much. Does Kevin have any social media profiles?

[@richardsheehan6983]

Good

[@jonkelly2003]

Law is not fundamental to society. Love is. Our parents taught us love of the individual. This respect for others makes society. Without it, law won't work anyway. We ask people what they want. Don't dictate.

[@cathalmccarthy770]

The first line in the preamble to the Constitution begins with "In the name of the Most Holy Trinity...." The preamble has no legal bearing, the first line of the Constitution begins with Article 1, which declares the Irish nation as sovereign with the right to choose its own form of government.

[@RedlinebikerPW]

this is outstanding. looking for a book on the topic, preferably by the speaker, now.

[@Medhead101]

What about the constant warfare between the kings and there still was a taxation system?

[@Scoob505]

great talk!

[@brianwhelan5382]

Great stuff Kev, I think the penny has finally dropped with me regarding a new way of doing things in Ireland, Autonomous community, Non pyramidal structures, Sovereignty

[@lichadabrown]

Excellent and relevant.

[@KARLMARKoffical]

Rome has been found to have had a great influence on Irish culture judging from the archaeological record so I`m sure that influenced other aspects of Irish life also there were tyrants galore causing trouble and strife for the common person during this period and Id just like to say I like the idea of people power but right now without a nation state the technocrats will rule more unjustly

[@politicscultureandsomeothe9868]

Did people walk out at the start when he mentioned anarchy?

[@geyerbrad1]

And how does voluntarism defend itself from gangsters or fascism?

[@Amurphybartlett]

Sounds great, but if we were to bring that system back, how would we hold corporations accountable for say over fishing/hunting, pollution, wages, and the rest of the non-corrupt things the state does?

[@StarfortMudflood]

Non corrupt? What is their source of funding? Oh that's right... Extortion...

[@Moonsabie]

It was old extremely old and everyone knew that tradition

[@peadarmc91]

The ideology of this is poetic and believe me it resonates deep within my soul. However it seems certain things aren't crossing your mind, people are physically different now compared to how they were in those times. By this I mean that there are people who literally have no family, no ability to work and earn be it on a physical or mental capacity. What of those who rely on state payments to survive? In the days of the Brehons there were no medical psychiatric conditions known, what you seem to be suggesting would be a much harsher environment for people to live in and with that potentially could cause massive problems for albeit a minority of the population.

[@nedohamilli]

I don't think the speaker is suggesting a return exactly to Brecon law times he is simply identifying principles as examples of a system of de-centralized governance "of the people not for the people."...

[@dbrannick9585]

which books on this subject would you recommend?

[@jeremiahquinlan2482]

You nailed it oh you get it this is great stuff

[@birdbraINCorporated]

This gets me fired up!

[@knov314]

Why were all those people leaving? Was it because of something you said? If so, wonder how they're liking their new vaccine mandates and passports...

[@terencemagee]

Sounds very like the ancient ways of the Basque Country...no-one is more or less than anyone else.

[@thorgwen7656]

Your a great speaker, you know your stuff:)

[@jayphailey]

Nice!

[@freyawildesciencefictionau8156]

I love this. I'd like to see the US empire break up into a system like this.

[@Lacoux]

Did those women leave because they heard you say anarchy?

[@kevinflanagan5334]

They were arriving, not leaving.

[@kevinflanagan5334]

"wow" because the room was surprisingly packed.

[@Lacoux]

Ah, I see. It was hard to tell with the camera angle.

[@aaronboggs9719]

I was wondering the same lol. No gods no masters. Nice one Kevin! :)

[@maxdashu]

The Brehon laws had their strengths, but you've left out their drawbacks. Check out Fergus Kelly! Every man could have land. What about women? only in absence of male heirs could females inherit land. The currency was based on cows, and one other thing you left out: cumala. Female slaves, worth a certain number of cows each. (Money when it came in was referred to by the name of cumhal, pegged to the worth of an enslaved women.) The restitution system is shared with many indigenous societies, but in Ireland honor price was ranked by class status, not egalitarian. The lack of a state, yes and no. The chieftains of powerful clans were the state, as in feudal systems, complete with blood feuds. www.shm-qa.net/reviews/ag2eil-review.html

[@tewj57]

And this criticism makes Ireland different from contemporaneous societies how, exactly?

[@FreedomTalkMedia]

He said the part about cows and addressed it

[@timothyhadrian7187]

So Tell Me This Me Friend, during the Celtic Iron Age and or Celtic Bronze Age 200-400 B.C did Brenon Law dictate the various Celtic Polytheist Tribes in Ireland or was there a different set of guidelines?

[@antseanbheanbocht4993]

It is believed the Fenechas ( Brehon law) was built up over many centuries but only began to be written down in the 5th 6th and 7th century's. Before the written word Brehons would have had to memorize many judgments and rules passed down from previous generations of Brehons who themselves would have Learned from the generations before. In other words the system of law and use of Brehons was a very ancient one and probably dated back many centuries and the scope of the laws added to gradually until Finally being written down.

[@SweetiePieLMK]

Very well spoken, Kev! ^_^

[@anthonyhudson3540]

What worked in a pre industrial society of maybe 100000 people would surely not work in a 21st century global civalisation. Any place that afforded a decent life in this day and age would soon be overwhelmed by mass immigration. People with thier own Ideas would quickly change this admittedly attractive idea.

[@ByrneMJames]

Bitcoin cows. You legend.

[@koulac]

Kevin, would you speak in Cork?

[@TheVinceLyons]

Awesome. The Irish didn't use saddles eh?

[@rachelsc.1506]

ancestry told us we are related to King Patrick who was he ??we are Catholics

[@Moonsabie]

You defended by using the Gallowglass for 400 more years threw people like the MacDonnells of Antrim but they to would falter Maybe I am wrong I can not imagine there truest function

[@RobDuffyMusic]

That speaker is woke!

[@MaximusWolfe]

a little bit pc but not bad at all as a basic exposition.

[@MaximusWolfe]

The idea that religion gives a reason to go to war is overly simplistic. it depends on which belief system you are referring to. Contrary to pc belief, Christianity And Islam do not teach the same rules of engagement.

[@bauldbill]

The ancient Irish were not anarcho capitalists, just want to make that crystal clear.

[@MaximusWolfe]

yes they were in the sense that there was no state interference in private transactions.

[@colmhain]

@@MaximusWolfe , I'm a football player in the sense that I watch football games on T.V.

[@MaximusWolfe]

@@colmhain That's clever (golf clap).

[@colmhain]

@@MaximusWolfe Hey, thanks, buddy! yours was clever, too! ;)

[@TheReaperKinlord]

you say the law is the creation of the people, but who are the people? certainly not the majority, the bonded slave classes, but instead the bourgeois: landed, politcally enfranchised classes - often aristocrats

[@TheReaperKinlord]

overall very good though, thought provoking invocation to connect with our past

[@TheReaperKinlord]

Brehon Law Academy calling you out? Slaves, the bothachs, sen-cleithes, fuithirs; the cow herders, farm workers, laborers, arent included in what you call "The People", just like the American Founding Fathers. The people who do all the work arent politically franchised at all, so who are The People even and how can you say "the people make the law"? the rhetoric invites us to make a "more egalitarian" wealth-based aristocracy today- but thats what we already got

[@DoninicGoland96]

You fit capitalist ideas to societies that didn't know what that meant. I agree with you but it's closer to kropotkin anarchism than rothbard.

[@DoninicGoland96]

@king of those who know wow that's a whole load of stupid you just came out with. Whatever way you look at it Kropotkin was nothing short of a genius and very noble. Not a statist in any way (unlike rothtard whose ideas were tried in Chile and lead to a dictatorship, and that required a whole load of force and torture). Anarchism started and and continues to be a leftist persuit and whatever about leftist ideals needing force (which isn't true), for capitalism to work it always requires a government and always will, capitalism has never not used force. And you only think this isn't up for debate because you've thought about it for all of 2 seconds.

[@timothyhadrian7187]

The Reason The Roman's didn't get to Ireland is because the Ancient Celtic Heathen Warriors slain the roman's on the shores of Ireland! Ha!