Agorism

[n_huffhines]

Anybody ever heard of this? I think it's a fairly new philosophy/political perspective, at least that's how Thom Woods presented it. Anyways, it's pretty interesting. The idea is that you don't condone government force. You see it as immoral. So, where feasible, you operate outside of the government's scope.

It's not defiance of the law, it's just living your life outside of external governance where possible.

So an example of that would be you might send your kids to private school, or home school if you can make that work. Another example is you might buy produce on the side of road, rather than from the grocery store. Etc.

Thoughts?

 

[RespectTradition]

This is how I try to live.

Never heard it called that though.

 

[MG1968]

what happens when the roadside grocery stand starts adding sales tax?

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Anybody ever heard of this? I think it's a fairly new philosophy/political perspective, at least that's how Thom Woods presented it. Anyways, it's pretty interesting. The idea is that you don't condone government force. You see it as immoral. So, where feasible, you operate outside of the government's scope.

It's not defiance of the law, it's just living your life outside of external governance where possible.

So an example of that would be you might send your kids to private school, or home school if you can make that work. Another example is you might buy produce on the side of road, rather than from the grocery store. Etc.

Thoughts?

Sovereign citizens?

 

[volsforever27]

Sovereign citizens?

Militia?

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Militia?

No, out there with that crowd though.

 

[MystifyingVol]

Interesting NB, I just ran across this term for the first time about 3 days ago... Still reading on it.

 

[n_huffhines]

what happens when the roadside grocery stand starts adding sales tax?

I would choose to pay sales tax, but a hard-core agorist would probably grow their own produce.

 

[Volst53]

So pretty much Amish?