Agorism and Street Culture
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Brad Spangler
For a very counter-economic, even if not explicitly Konkinite, article — read: Crack and Emergent Enclaves of Resistance
The article cites the destructive nature of the most violent parts of the underground economy, not distinguishing between black and red market activity as Konkin did, and explains the violence as a matter of alleged business necessity.
Agorists would point to the folowing:
- There is a pseudo-political necessity for agorist revolutionaries to work on promoting a libertarian class consciousness [purchase paperback or free download] among the productive class and counter-economic entrepreneurs in particular.
- As a consequence of such growing class consciousness and awareness of the possibilities it brings, market demand and the profit motive will bring about a black or grey market proliferation of arbitration services.
- Not all violence associated with the underground economy is bad from an agorist perspective. Where purely defensive and in accordance with the Non-Aggression Principle, such violence is virtuous — even, or perhaps especially, when defending against the agents of the State (the wisdom of such being a seperate concern). Explaining this in ongoing agorist propaganda efforts pertaining to current events offers the opportunity to work on the development of that class consciousness.
The ultimate end result being revolution [purchase paperback or free download].
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