Between 1975-1991, a remarkable 16-year-long event occurred just west of Cherry Avenue at 1838 East 7th Street in Long Beach, California: anarchovillage. The village was an apartment complex, along with an adjacent house, which were serially occupied by agorists, anarcho-capitalists, libertarians, frefans, and various other dissidents; they lived alongside the handful of “normal” renters who
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In case you haven’t heard, the world is ending. Stocks are low, bears are everywhere, and the dollar is suffering. The National Guard is deployed, and governments globally mandate that territories are locked down. Streets are clear, businesses shuttered, police ordered to force people indoors, at the orders of governors, and everyone’s being bombarded with
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“Movement is the universal language of personal freedom.” -Louis Chevrolet In this article I’ll show you how to move during quarantine, avoid and deceive authorities with forged quarantine documents. Before I get to the good parts we must first deal with useful idiots who will call the extortionists on you for not obeying
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For anyone who has read my last article, you know that the state is about to effectively clamp down on people who use encryption software. So, I figured a good series to start would be discussions of specific, high quality encryption software that I use, or that I can recommend using. This series will help
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Traditionally, agorism was simple. Have skills, make money off them. In the modern world, however, we have a different situation and as the internet has taught us, modern problems require modern solutions. So how does one manage agorism in the modern world? What does that look like for the average person? I’ve compiled a
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An old slogan goes, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”, and the US has been playing extremely stupid games for a long time now. As many of you may have heard, the stock market has been having some trouble lately. It seems that market manipulations which trickle down from a state level, combined with an
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I have been invited to write for this outlet, and there’s never been a better time to start diversifying a portfolio in terms of the amount and variety of communications you put out there. There are many reasons I say this, but one of the primary reasons is that the US government is cracking down
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In most anarchist circles it is taken for granted that the black market is a great ally and resource. Is that really the case though? Are there negatives inherent to the black market? Could it be that the black market actually helps the state, perhaps as much as the state creates the conditions for black
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Agorism is all about voluntary exchange in spite of the powers that be. It’s about living free in spite of oppression; in some ways, it’s a more realistic approach than simple anarchism for many because it provides a solution. It’s more than a philosophy but a lifestyle in itself. I caught glimpses of it with
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TAGLINE. A significant event in the history of libertarianism has received virtually no attention: the ideological schism between iconic figures Samuel E. Konkin III and Murray N. Rothbard. Samuel E. Konkin III (SEK3) founded Agorism—a social philosophy that seeks to create a voluntary society through the peaceful revolution of counter-economics. He defined “counter-economics” as
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Agorism has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, although I didn’t have a name for it for most of my life. My parents have always just called it “getting by.” My agorist nature comes from the influence of my parents and how they chose to make money during
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The Building Trades: An Opportunity Uniquely Suited to Agorism. Today, the skills gap is wider than it’s ever been. The cost of college tuition has soared faster than the cost of food, energy, real estate, and health care. Student loan debt is the second highest consumer debt category in the United States with more than
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What actions should we engage in as agorists trying to make a better world despite the legal obstacles? That question may be impossible to answer in a precise manner. The actions we choose to take will depend factors from our opportunities, abilities, and of course the level of risk we are willing to take. First, I would suggest that we stay focused on helping others. Secondly, we stay focused on depriving the state of taxes. This helps us stay focused on the bigger picture of transitioning to a free society, as opposed to just reacting negatively to the existence of tyranny.
Agorism embraces the idea of basic respect for persons, though Konkin may never have spelled it out in these terms. The core idea is that the individual is inherently worthwhile, and no one has a right to own or otherwise control the peaceful actions of that person. However, what is missing from agorism,
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“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burke Time is our most important asset. None of us can buy or earn more, we have what we have. Because we cannot do everything all at once, we discovered that through trading
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As agorists seeking to demonstrate that the state is obsolete, we look for new solutions to real world needs. To be successful, we must look to alternatives and to the fringes to find voluntary solutions to the problems of the world. We cannot take the well-trod path, doing the same thing everyone else has been
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In the early ‘80s, the Los Angeles area was an intellectual feast for libertarians of every stripe because it exploded with supper clubs, student groups, debates, conferences, small magazines, and larger-than-life personalities. The interaction was so politically intimate that a resident wit described libertarians as people “who make a living by selling newsletters to each
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“My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but it prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) We all want to provide an education for our children, but
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Appealing elements of agorism One of the more appealing elements of agorism is the sheer practicality of it. We deny the lifeblood of the state while creating solutions to real-world problems. We need to be just as practical in our interaction with those who believe that government is necessary or worse yet, good. We need
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For hundreds of years, money lenders have been viewed in a poor light, often for good reason. Lenders were essentially a cartel that controlled interest rates and allowed a narrow set of conditions in which loans would be made, all while being protected by political powers. This left many — if not most — people
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By now, it is likely you know what agorism is, but you may feel overwhelmed by all the things seemingly have to do as an agorist. Perhaps it is unclear as to what can be done right now. Hopefully, this will clear confusion and draw inspiration from some unlikely sources. Three primary ways to act
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The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.—Michael Sandel [Emphasis added] Anarchist justice confronts two broad categories of crime: statism and wrongs done by individuals to each other. Each requires a different approach.
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