The Libertarian Labyrinth

I maintain, first, that the people have a certain natural right, which, under special conditions of society, manifests itself in the form of a right to vote. I maintain, secondly, that the women of Massachusetts are people existing under those special conditions of society. I maintain, finally, and by necessary consequence, that the women of Massachusetts have a natural right to vote. I am but a recent convert to the doctrine of women’s rights, never having meditated upon the matter before the famous question was propounded by our good friend from Salem, (Mr. Lord,) “‘Who are the people?” I have been unable, therefore, to prepare myself with statistics. I know nothing of women’s wrongs, and, with the permission of the Committee, will argue the question solely upon abstract and general grounds.

Ultimately, the most robust forms of anarchist thought are likely to result from the connection — encounter, conjugation, etc. — of more detail-oriented sorts of synthesis with this kind of distillation in the context of ongoing practical application. In a book, the scope of application is obviously limited, but hopefully that can be one kind of strength.

I made the mistake, somewhere along the way, of allowing myself to make a few of these audio collages where the seams were not so obvious and the results were — gasp — sort of genuinely pretty.