Anarchist by nature.

Artists are anarchists by nature and society should nurture that spirit of anarchism in artists. I’m not suggesting that all of society should be anarchist, far from it, but just as business, government, military and church all have their own systems and ways of doing things so artists should have their’s. Artists are the fifth pillar of our society.

Artists should have complete freedom of speech. This is a romantic ideal, a ‘right’ that is all to often abused by hardliners in our society to stir up division and hatred. Yet if we look at artists it seems that although they do on occasion say some damn stupid things, when taken as a whole group they are surprisingly tolerant. They are more inclined to mix with others then any other group. I suppose it comes with the need to justify an artwork, to show what is felt and seen and pass it on to others. It is less about name calling and attack, but more about showing what is happening within their group (tribe). As such, artists should be free to say anything in regard to their art and showing what it happening in their world and their thoughts.

Artists are different from other groups within our society and have a whole set of values and views that only appear in the artists group. Just as a clergyman has trouble picking up a gun and taking on a soldier's role, or a rich corpulent businessman has difficulty sticking to a strict lifestyle of a Benedictine monk, or a politician giving a straight answer to a question, so artists have trouble living by the other group's ideals. Artists are not businessmen, politicians, priests or soldiers. They are different and live by different rules.

They can’t do nine to five, they are too distracted to be relied upon to focus on mundane tasks, they have huge egos and can’t be told what to think, too full of passion to stop, and they generally don’t like the idea of killing anyone. Their drive is to create (and mate) and for their art to be adored. They are a fundamental force of our civilization that is constantly being caged by others because they do not understand.

Just take it as read that artists are not like you, and they will not act as you think they will act. Not because they are crazy or illogical but because they live on the edge on society’s values and see all for what it is. They see behind the mask. This means that from time to time they will not go with convention; they are the innovators and the inspiration of new dreams. They are the chaos in the system, the force for change.

When a fan partakes and enjoys art, for a short while they step into the artist’s world and see the universe through new eyes. It refreshes and invigorates and should be protected at all costs.

The Artists Unchained System is the personification of the ‘artist and anarchist’ ideal. It is fair and homocentric system that is easy to apply. It fits with society’s current systems and enhances society richness of ideas.

Many ‘anarchist’ systems that have trouble gaining ground in the mainstream, mainly because it’s like hammering a square peg into a round hole until everything is destroyed. Not everyone is anarchist by nature and it is unfair to force them to be so. To force someone to accept anarchism is fundamentally going against the basic principles of anarchism – i.e. no acceptance of authority. This may be a red rag to a bull, but if you are an anarchist think deeply about what you really want: imposing anarchism on all or freedom for you and your kind?

Whereas the Artists Unchained System should cause no problems to civilizations infrastructure, and actually uses the systems others have created. Artists are part of society and therefore are reliant in part of society’s stability provided by the other groups. For example the system makes use of banking, ISP internet etc. all of which are highly organised infrastructure systems (though the content on the net is anything but, but that’s kind of proving the point of chaos through order!)

The only problem people can have with the AUS is that is gives artists huge freedom, and they may say things that some people will not want you to hear. The AUS is decentralised and any files shared via its guidelines are going to be very difficult to censor. This ensures the fundamental right of freedom of speech.