Agorism: Improve your mindset with this philosophy.
"Agorism is an amazing philosophy for improving your life, often misunderstood, and I disagree with the majority. Let’s first examine the official definition."
Textbook Definition:
Agorism is a social philosophy that advocates creating a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, engaging in a nonviolent revolution. Agorism has similar elements to anarcho-capitalism, but unlike some anarcho-capitalists, most agorists are strictly opposed to voting as a strategy for achieving their desired outcomes.
My Definition:
Agorism is rejecting a government-run society (which is violence) through self-action (which is voluntary entrepreneurship). In other words, fixing yourself first and opting out of the current system.
Quote Jose Nino from libertasbella.com:
“The ultimate agorist goal is to gradually get people to engage in black and grey market economic activity in order to starve the state of revenue and keep it from harassing people. That means building businesses that make the state irrelevant and develop parallel institutions.”
However, I believe Jose Nino is mistaken because his website uses Google and Cloudflare, which are government cheerleader infrastructures. So, agorists disagree.
Disagreement:
Almost all agorists agree that a government-run society is bad, but where agorists disagree is on what actions an individual must take to “opt-out.” Some view the problem as purely taxation and economics, while others see it as interacting with technology, food, weapons, land, passports, or other forms.
Types of Agorism:
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Digital Agorism:
This focuses on self-reliance in technology and rejecting large big tech companies for software, operating systems, and even sometimes hardware or networking. (This is what we focus on at Simplified Privacy)
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Crypto Agora:
This focuses on self-reliance with cryptocurrency and rejecting the fiat banking system. (For example, Sal the Agora and Juraj Bednar)
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Permacultural Agora:
This focuses on either directly growing your own food or interacting with local farmers to reject large government-controlled multinational GMO firms that make you dependent on the system. (For example, Derrick Broze)
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Arms Agora:
This advocates for self-made firearms using 3D printers to avoid government gun registration. (For example, Sean Aranda)
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Nomad Agora:
This is also referred to as “Crypto Anarchy” and advocates for individual freedom through obtaining multiple passports and rejecting control by a single government. (Pavol Luptak of Liberation Travel uses the term “Crypto Anarchy,” while Mikkel Thorp of ExpatMoney simply says “Digital Nomad.”)
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Agora Cities:
This involves advocating for physical locations where people go for private governance or community. (This is what Próspera’s Erick Brimen and Liberland’s Vít Jedlička focus on.)
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Knowledge Agora:
This involves rejecting mainstream news as propaganda and instead focusing on grassroots community-led “open source” journalism. In other words, don’t just consume media, but participate in it yourself. (This is what James Corbett focuses on.)
So who’s right? The answer is to educate yourself on the different approaches and decide for yourself. After all, how can I tell you how to decentralize?
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