Agorism

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Agorism is a political philosophy founded by Samuel Edward Konkin III and developed with contributions by J Neil Schulman that holds as its ultimate goal bringing about a society in which all "relations between people are voluntary exchanges – a Free Market."[1] The term comes from the Greek word "AgorA," referring to an open place for assembly and market in ancient Greek city-states. Ideologically, it is a term representing a revolutionary type of free-market anarchism (Anarcho Capitalist?).[2] Schulman integrated the idea of CounterEconomics, the advocacy of untaxed Black Market activity (Route Around/undermine), into Konkin's Libertarian philosophy.

Konkin does not oppose the existence of Joint Stock companies, but opposes government-granted Limited Liability privileges on them (He reserves the term "CorporatIon" to refer only to joint stock companies for which government grants limited liability.).

Agorism does not address any ethical questions involved in organization and hierarchy in the workplace, but Konkin says that he prefers to promote a society of all entrepreneurs and independent contractors (SmallCo, Network Economy) because he believes it optimal for furthering the elimination of the state... Murray Rothbard openly denounced Konkin's agorism, claiming: "Konkin’s entire theory speaks only to the interests and concerns of the marginal classes who are self-employed. The great bulk of the people are full-time wage workers; they are people with steady jobs. Konkinism has nothing whatsoever to say to these people. To adopt Konkin’s strategy, then, would on this ground alone, serve up a dead end for the libertarian movement. We cannot win if there is no possibility of speaking to the concerns of the great bulk of wage earners in this and other countries."


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