AquarianAgrarian
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Law Enforcement or Security |
| Occupation | Private Security Officer, Political Science Essayist and Blogger, Amateur Musician and Artist |
| Location | Lake Bluff, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Joseph W. Kopsick was born on February 24th, 1987 in Lake Forest, Illinois, and grew up in Lake Bluff. A Democrat until 2000, he supported the Green Party in high school. Kopsick enrolled at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2005. In 2007, he became interested in Ron Paul, Mike Gravel, and Dennis Kucinich, and switched from a legal studies track to political science. He graduated in 2009. Kopsick supported Ron Paul in 2008, Gary Johnson in 2012 and 2016, Howie Hawkins in 2020, and Jill Stein in 2024. Kopsick ran for the U.S. House four times (Wisconsin’s 2nd in 2012, receiving 6 votes; Oregon’s 3rd in 2014; Illinois’s 10th in 2016, receiving 26 votes; and Illinois’s 10th in 2020, receiving 18 votes); and also received 10 votes in 2024 when he ran for Illinois State Assembly (60th District). Joe is active on Facebook, YouTube, Rumble, and Instagram. Kopsick has written and managed the Aquarian Agrarian blog since October 2010. He currently serves as the Interim Chair of the Green Party of Lake County, Illinois. See the final post from May 2017 to find links to purchase books! JoeKopsick.com under construction. |
| Interests | Writing and blogging about political science, economics, and anarchism; making home recordings (originals, covers, mashups); writing stand-up comedy and parody songs; making visual art (drawing, painting, glass mosaics, Lego mosaics, pipe cleaner crafts, clay) |
| Favorite movies | The Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver, Blue Velvet, Adaptation, Synecdoche New York, Waking Life, Serpico, Dazed and Confused, Instinct, Toys, Harrison Bergeron, The Big Lebowski, The Sound of Music, Lucy, Brother Sun Sister Moon, Cast Away on the Moon, Ninotchka, Anastasia, The Red Shoes, Mad Max series, Fall of Eagles (TV show), Game of Thrones (TV show), Paths of Glory, Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny, The Rescuers, Fievel: An American Tail, Fievel Goes West, Harriet the Spy, The Secret of NIMH, Once Upon a Forest, Tuck Everlasting, Carrie, Conspiracy Theory |
| Favorite music | Billy Joel, Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, John Prine, the Beach Boys, No Doubt, Van Dyke Parks, Django Reinhardt, Nick Drake, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom, the System of a Down, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Gorillaz, Regina Spektor, Jesca Hoop, Mozart, Blame Michael Nelson, Jackie Evancho, The Lover Speaks, Men Without Hats, Fay Lovsky, Lene Lovich, Grace VanderWaal, Eisley, Judie Tzuke, Barbara Hannigan, Nanci Griffith, St. Vincent, Doseone, Why?, They Might Be Giants, Cole Porter, ABBA, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joni Mitchell, Shania Twain, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Aurora, Peter Gabriel, Sinead o'Connor, Bamjand, Vashti Bunyan, Bridget St. John, Cathie o'Sullivan, Tom Lehrer, Anal Cunt, Primus, David Byrne, Hank Williams, Tenacious D, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Barbara Dane, Anne Briggs, Nellie McKay, Peggy Seeger, Steeleye Span, Klaus Nomi |
| Favorite books | 1984, Brave New World, Animal Farm, Conscience of a Conservative, No Treason, Liberty Defined, Markets Not Capitalism, The Production of Security, Chaos Theory, An Agorist Primer, Harrison Bergeron, Anthem, Ishmael, Tuck Everlasting, It is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government is Wrong, The Bible, The Human Condition (Hannah Arendt), An Introduction to Shamanism (Thomas A. DuBois), The Invisible Landscape (McKenna), Food of the Gods (McKenna), Writing and Difference (Derrida), Of Grammatology (Derrida), Tao te Ching (Lao Tzu), Dark Dreams and Dark Music (Ann Hodgman), Song of the Lioness series (Tamora Pierce), King Arthur series, "My Father" by Maria Rasputin, Tuck Everlasting |