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Read the passage given below and answer the following questions on the basis of the passage in your own words.
What does doctrine of Agorism mean in the passage? (30 Marks)
Agorism, a doctrine, which claims that people want to do all the things which at that time are prohibited by the state. They think that the state is committing theft (taxes) and are mass murderers (wars). For them Profit need not have a monetary value rather a perceived value
Agorism is the practice of counter-economics and the ideas associated with that practice. Agorist ideas assert that Libertarian philosophy occurs in practice, in the real world, as Counter-Economics.
The Counter-Economy is the sum of all non-aggressive Human Action which is forbidden by the State. Counter-economics is the study of the Counter-Economy and its practices. 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).
Counter-economics is an economic theory and revolutionary method consisting of direct action carried out through the black market or the grey market.
Counter-economics applies two basic strategies to liberate people from the state. The first recipe provides instructions for how to break free vertically through building a decentralized infrastructure for free communities avoiding the State and its centralized "solutions" altogether. The other recipe advocates breaking free horizontally through making use of one's personal network of friends and colleagues and doing business out of the State's reach. One might also call these recipes or strategies the introvert and extrovert solutions to our methodological problem.
The vertical or introverted strategy is aimed towards individuals concentrating on decentralized local infrastructure as opposed to expansive state foundations.What this means in real terms is to create local or neighbourhood networks for self-reliance, where people in the vicinity get together to find ways to produce whatever is necessary for survival and a good life. It means creating local production facilities and markets with no effective State regulations and without the State's knowledge.
The horizontal or extroverted strategy applies individuals actively creating black market networks and structures which can be stretched beyond neighbourhood communities focus on the vertical strategy. What it basically proposes is to trade with people you know and people who are recommended to you. This can all be done at whatever scale one finds appropriate, using available technology such as the Internet and e.g., Amazon for logistics and money transactions.
A first step could be to hire the children next-door to mow the lawn or baby-sit. It does not have to be very sophisticated at first. This approach should come naturally to libertarians since it simply means exercising trade without bothering with State regulations or paying taxes. Most people are willing to exchange goods and services without registering the sales tax, which is a good start. Some of them will also find it in their interest to do this on a larger scale, producing and distributing goods and services without ever paying taxes or following unnecessary government regulations and controls. And most people do not really care about government standards if they trust their supplier.
By: Parvesh Mehta ProfileResourcesReport error
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