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Agorism is a revolutionary left-libertarian political philosophy that advocates the goal of bringing about a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics.
Counter-economics is the sum of all non-aggressive human action which is forbidden by the state. The counter-economy includes the free market, the black market, the "underground economy," all acts of civil and social disobedience, all acts of forbidden association (sexual, racial, cross-religious), and anything else the state, at any place or time, chooses to prohibit, control, regulate, tax, or tariff. The counter-economy excludes all state-approved action (the “white market”) and the red market (violence and theft not approved by the state).
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Agorism wiki | New Libertarian Manifesto (PDF) | An Agorist Primer (PDF) | The Last, Whole Introduction to Agorism (PDF) | Agorist Class Theory (PDF) | The Future of Agorism
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Anyone have archived versions of these so I can read them?
Asking for myself, but assuming I already understand the basics of agorism, what book should I read if you could only pick one or two? Looking for something stimulating/inspiring without getting too bogged down in economic jargon. On a secondary note, what’s the difference between all of SEK III’s books?
So currently I see Agorism as a strategy to reach a stateless society, but Ancaps want that too. Is there a difference between what Agorists and Ancapists seek as the endgame?
EDIT: The difference from what I can tell is that Agorism is free market anarchist, while ancapism is anarchist capitalist (obviously). The difference is subtle but nonetheless notable.
I have been a fan of Agorism for quite a while. I recently started learning about this thing called Monero and have began using it for buying things I might not be able to with cash and avoiding any tax or government oversight. I wanted to tell you all about this as a tool in your arsenal for subverting the govts control.
Monero, unlike almost every cryptocurrency, is private, meaning that all transactions and amounts are hidden from anyone else trying to look at them. This means a few things:
Monero cannot be traced. The government or anyone else has no idea if you have Monero or where you've spent it or received it from except you.
Monero is untaxable. Because the government cannot trace transactions, they cannot know what you are buying, for how much, or see your balance and therefore cannot tax you on it.
Monero can be used to buy things that are illegal. Because Monero is the only reputable private cryptocurrency, many darknet markets have switched from using Bitcoin to now only using Monero. For any goods that aren't let's say legally kosher, Monero is how you can ensure that government never sees where your money is going.
Monero is not subject to any central authority. Monero has no CEO, no President, and nobody makes decisions about how Monero can be spent. All the code behind Monero is open source and can be viewed at any time to ensure nothing malicious is happening. It's all open.
Monero is cheap. Monero is currently only valued at around 160 at the time of writing this, whereas Bitcoin which is essentially useless, traceable, and slow, is worth 80000. Buying BTC is buying high, buying Monero is buying very, very low in my opinion. Almost nobody has woken up to the value of privacy yet.
Monero doesn't inflate arbitrarily. Monero has a hard coded inflation rate of less than 1% (which slowly decreases) each year compared with the US Dollar, which inflated 8% in 2022 and 4% in 2023, with 40% of all USD being printed in the last 12 months (0.8% of all Monero has been mined in the last 12 months).
Monero is decentralized. Monero is kept up by nodes that can be run by anyone using a computer and are run by people all across the world. These nodes process transactions. To get rid of Monero, the government or governments would have to locate (already virtually impossible) all of these nodes on every continent on Earth, and eradicate every one of them (Currently estimated 5000 nodes on Earth and that number grows every day).
I suspect the Agorism community will be receptive to this kind of thing, as it aligns surprisingly well with counter-economics.
is it progressive?
I understand agorists are traditionally against voting or using the electorate as an effective form of systemic change, but you can also make the argument that there are still benefits to participating within a political party even without voting or being the largest bloc of the party (ex., The DSA, YAL, Mises Caucus, No Labels, etc). Are any of you members to a political party and do you think involvement in a party could help spread your ideas?
Not sure if this post goes here.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually created and kept the momentum of a freedom cell?
I've tried making one and it fell defunct. I've reached out to others that were far away from me and get no response. Has anyone gotten like minded people together and carved out more freedom for themselves? What did you do? What were goals that you implemented? How did you make it successful? Its a cool concept but haven't seen any actual counter-economy built.