The Elysian, Volume III

For the first three years of my newsletter, before I printed my work into pamphlets, I published each year of my work into collectable print volumes with gold foil covers for my paid subscribers at the premium tier. The print edition was just for them, but the e-book is still available as an EPUB.

Patricia Faggi designed volume III, and her cover represents both collapse and unity. If we move upward, we move toward unity; but if we move downward, we head for collapse. The cover is meant to be ambiguous—we don’t yet know which way we are headed—and this has been a theme of my work this year.

Including an introduction written by me, a foreword written by Austin Tindle, and the complete “Letters to an Anarchist” series with Peter Clayborne, here are all of the essays included in Elysian Volume III:

Governance

• US states should have autonomy—like EU countries

• We should create more US states

• How we achieve the borderless future of Terra Ignota

• Maybe villages are our future—not just cities

• Is America about to fall? Or flourish?

• So, America wants a dictator

• Democrats need a Mamdani-type to win

• Are Democrats too liberal or too conservative?

• Am I a Democrat or a Republican?

• The rich are controlling our government

• A grassroots party for the middle

Capitalism

• How Silicon Valley got rich

• Who should control AI?

• Companies are the new city-states

• If you have a social mission, go into business

• 12 million employee owners in one generation

• No, KKR is not equity washing

• By all means, let private equity save capitalism

• Stop pretending billionaires built the future

• Mark Cuban’s right—end exorbitant CEO pay

Environment

• We can terraform Earth—not just Mars

• How much of the planet should we harm for our comfort?

• We could return three continents of land to the wild

• A self-governing forest

• Maybe an exowomb is better than pregnancy

Philosophy

• Social Development > Self-Development

• This Chinese philosopher reformed politics in one generation

• Ancient Olympians wouldn’t qualify for today’s games

• It’s ok to live in a fantasyland

Letters

• Will you explain anarchism to me?, part one by Elle

• To change everything, start anywhere, part two by Peter Clayborne

• How would anarchist societies protect themselves?, part three by Elle

• Paths to peace, part four by Peter

• What is the goal of anarchism?, part five by Elle

• The hope of anarchy, part six by Peter

• Am I an anarchist?, part seven by Elle

• May all roads lead to solarpunk, part eight by Peter