Comments on: Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648 the bottom of the rabbit hole Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Another thing about Ron Paul http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648/comment-page-1#comment-19932 BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Another thing about Ron Paul Sat, 26 May 2007 05:21:43 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648#comment-19932 [...] Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt [...] [...] Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt [...]

]]> By: BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Critical support and Tremblay on anti-electoralism http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648/comment-page-1#comment-19922 BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Critical support and Tremblay on anti-electoralism Wed, 23 May 2007 14:57:37 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648#comment-19922 [...] Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt [...] [...] Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt [...]

]]> By: BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Ron Paul vs the capitalist agenda of war and torture http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648/comment-page-1#comment-19918 BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Ron Paul vs the capitalist agenda of war and torture Sun, 20 May 2007 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648#comment-19918 [...] Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt [...] [...] Agorism: Anti-electoralism, critical support and the art of the systempunkt [...]

]]> By: wconger http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648/comment-page-1#comment-19917 wconger Sun, 20 May 2007 02:45:16 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/648#comment-19917 I think this strategy, Brad, is absolutely sound from an agorist perspective. It’s THE proper use of politics for market revolutionaries. Unfortunately, we agorists may be guilty of habitually using the terms "politics" and "antipolitics" too vaguely, implying that we oppose ALL political activity. That's not true. Certainly, we reject party politics and electoral poitics (i.e., voting) as tactically inconsistent with our philosophy and goals, but as SEK3 wrote more than three decades ago (New Libertarian Notes, No. 23, July 1973): “I do not wish libertarians to become anti-political, but rather anti-party. Politics includes revolution, coup d’etat, voting, assassination, philosophic ruminations on whether the State leadership should be changed or abolished, communicating this to others, demonstrations, agitation, propaganda, and even graffiti. “Parties are a very small fraction of Politics, and can not only be dispensed with, a sustained attack on them will bring more libertarians into more productive political activities. ... “The LP only pursues votes, eschewing the other 57 varieties of political activity. That leaves a lot of avenues remaining unexplored.” Thanks for clarifying so well the agorist position on political action. Wally Conger I think this strategy, Brad, is absolutely sound from an agorist perspective. It’s THE proper use of politics for market revolutionaries. Unfortunately, we agorists may be guilty of habitually using the terms “politics” and “antipolitics” too vaguely, implying that we oppose ALL political activity. That’s not true. Certainly, we reject party politics and electoral poitics (i.e., voting) as tactically inconsistent with our philosophy and goals, but as SEK3 wrote more than three decades ago (New Libertarian Notes, No. 23, July 1973):

“I do not wish libertarians to become anti-political, but rather anti-party. Politics includes revolution, coup d’etat, voting, assassination, philosophic ruminations on whether the State leadership should be changed or abolished, communicating this to others, demonstrations, agitation, propaganda, and even graffiti.

“Parties are a very small fraction of Politics, and can not only be dispensed with, a sustained attack on them will bring more libertarians into more productive political activities. …

“The LP only pursues votes, eschewing the other 57 varieties of political activity. That leaves a lot of avenues remaining unexplored.”

Thanks for clarifying so well the agorist position on political action.

Wally Conger

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