This livestream’s background is an image of Norwegian folk life.
In his 1977 book Eumeswil, German World War I hero Ernst Jünger, who was a prolific poet and philosopher besides having been a soldier and warrior, gave the world his concept of the “Anarch”. Like a Monarch, the Anarch is a person with sole sovereignty and no laws between himself and God. But unlike the Monarch, the Anarch doesn’t have to rule. He has no obligations to society.
Living as an Anarch may be a welcome antidote to the overly structured, totalitarian society of today. Jüngers concept of Anarch led me to have a livestreamed discussion about inner freedom, and how to cultivate it in our post-historic time in which all the big ideologies seem to have no meaning anymore.
The idea of an Anarch appeals to me, because an Anarch’s “ultimate goal is not rebellion but survival as a free individual, preparing for potential collapse by cultivating resilience and detachment.” The Anarch “contemplates escaping to the ‘Forest,’ a lawless region symbolizing freedom and danger, and mentally rehearses strategies for survival in a post-collapse world.”
The Anarch embodies the idea that a new aristocratic elite may outlive the coming collapse, even benefit from it.
During the livestream, I used the following prompt-results generated by Grok AI to help guide the live debate:
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