Nope. Not a fuckin’ chance.

Nor does any other thinking anarchist. Nor do we need a top-down, centralized land redistribution program called a “land lottery” which violates individual self-ownership by forcing individual property owners and communities to acquiesce to a centralized “libertarian” plan regarding how they may or may not use their local property and resources. Nor do I need a “leader” dismissive of fellow libertarian individuals asking questions about the “change-the-mafia-from-the-inside” plan.

From the Kokesh for “not president” website:

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The only authority that I will retain will be to replace Custodians if they are unable to complete their responsibilities or are not faithfully executing the plan. Some agencies will be very easy to do away with, like those that perform only regulatory functions like the Department of Education, or those that perform illegitimate functions, like the IRS. Some departments, like Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Interior, need to be handled carefully and in some ways transferred to state governments. National Parks will be preserved as private non-profits with broad ownership that will be open to the public.

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Custodians? Wait a minute. Does “custodian” mean “individual property owner”? Because if it doesn’t, and your “custodians” are enacting plans to redistribute property they don’t own and don’t live nearby in a community of individual property owners, then no, thanks.

The potential abolition of the above alphabet agencies and groups makes my mouth water, it really does. The problem is:

1. The mafia doesn’t elect people who are out to end the mafia (the elections are rigged, anyway. One simply needs to read about the “Electoral College” or international banking cartels like the US Federal Reserve).

2. The plan for land redistribution Adam has talked about numerous times on his videos and livestreams is centralized, where he and his “selected team” decide who should and should not receive which property from afar in Washington. This is not a voluntaryist plan. Let property owners in local communities decide. Voluntaryism is individual-up, not top-down.

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Finally, regarding the recent arrest.

I hate to say it, and will probably catch shit for even asking from many loyal Kokesh fans (of which I used to be a big one, and still am, in a few respects) but can anyone prove that the recent police kidnapping of Kokesh that his account is talking about non-stop on here (even releasing one photo, two sentence post updates on his dog) is because he is running for president? The whole thing reeks of publicity stunt to me. Not that the arrest was fake, just that is is being totally exploited as a money grab here on Steemit.

The “celebritarian” crowd always seems to re-emerge when the Steem price re-emerges.

Summary:

• Anarchists don’t need self-appointed leaders eager to “change the mafia from the inside.”

• Government-mandated, centralized, national land redistribution plans created by a small group of “leaders” (I can’t believe I even need to say this) require the initiation of force and are antithetical to anarchism and the self-ownership axiom.

It could easily be said that:

”Adam has done more for freedom than you ever have!”

That is probably right, I guess. Still, I feel the urge to use my freedom to say something here.

When self-labeled anarchists get all doe-eyed about a persona, and forget about individual self-ownership, I get a little nervous.

This “notforpresident” run may yield some great things for the cause of liberty. Individuals may wake up because of Adam’s message. I certainly hope so!!! He won’t be president. He himself has said similar things about the near impossibility of it, and that the whole running thing may just be more of a way to wake people up.

You know, sort of like a publicity stunt.

Just a fair warning to the Voluntaryists out there. It could be said that Kokesh is doing great thing, in the sense of letting people hear about certain libertarian ideas, but no, you don’t “need a leader.” What a bunch of horse shit. That whole sentiment is more dangerous to freedom than any I know of.

Increase your capacity as an individual.

~KafkA

(I would like to add a very important note. I support Kokesh in any and all attempts and bold moves he is making to “spread the gospel” of individual self-ownership/voluntaryism. I think I would be amiss to not call out certain red flags I think I see, and hope that my fellow liberty-minded individuals would do the same. This in no way is to be construed as me wishing Kokesh ill in any manner, or siding with the police! I’m just siding with libertarians not getting fleeced, and using their funds for their own lives, charities, and intiatives, and not to support a centralized, government land redistribution program and impossible presidential “run.” That said, maybe I am missing something. If so, I hope it will be pointed out to me.)

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Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DTube and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)