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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswoody harrelson claims to be a anarchist.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/05/woody-harrelson-im-an-anarchist-165139.htmlyeah it is politico ....
Who needs government? Actor Woody Harrelson says wed be just fine without it in the latest issue of Details magazine:
DETAILS: You've said that playing a cop has made you more sympathetic toward the police. Did playing Steve Schmidt in Game Change make you sympathetic to Republicans?
Woody Harrelson: I like Steve Schmidt. But I tend to not like politicians, because it's a subtle form of prostitution. Or maybe not so subtle.
DETAILS: So you dislike Democrats as much as you dislike the GOP?
Woody Harrelson: It's all synchronized swimming to me. They all kneel and kiss the ring. Who's going to take on the oil industry or the medical industry? People compare Obama to Lyndon Johnson, but I think a better comparison is between Obama and Nixon. Because Nixon came into office saying he was going to pull out of Vietnam, and then he escalated the war. A lot of us were led to believe that Obama was the peace president, but there are still, I think, 70,000 troops in Afghanistan. Corporations like Grumman are so powerful thatI don't know, is this the kind of s--- we want to talk about? It's making me depressed.
DETAILS: Do you want to get more involved in politics?
Woody Harrelson: No. I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.
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woody harrelson claims to be a anarchist. (Original Post)
littlewolf
Jun 2013
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Not surprised. He was a narrator of a libertarianish documentary not too long ago. nt
Pragdem
Jun 2013
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Pragdem
(233 posts)1. Not surprised. He was a narrator of a libertarianish documentary not too long ago. nt
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)3. What he described as his beliefs do seem very libertarian.
I think an anarchist can be of any political persuasion, so it seems he is mis-identifying his own beliefs.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)2. Bullshit. He's got too much money to be an anarchist. nt
pipoman
(16,038 posts)4. Prolly just bonging before the interview...ideas sound better when one is loaded..
Ron Green
(9,822 posts)5. I'm glad he's saying these things.
He's got that boyishly charming way of pointing at the emperor and his clothes.
JustFiveMoreMinutes
(2,133 posts)6. "... an anarchist..." (wink)
(You knew somebody had to do it!
Grammar Police now on break enjoying another donut.
littlewolf
(3,813 posts)7. with sprinkles LOL ;D nt