In keeping with the Off Grid Agorist tradition, this episode is where we give our predictions for 2022 and we revisit last year's predictions to see what we missed and what we got right. This is not a live stream episode because the live stream version was comically awful. Of course, it was live so if you want a good laugh go watch it on YouTube. Come join us on Discord. Don't forget to check out all the cool stuff at Off Grid Agorist Plus our free download about starting an agorist side hustle "131 ways to make money using counter-economics".

Today's episode is our Christmas episode. It's just a fun episode where we kind of goof off and have a lot of fun with the folks in the chat. Join our new Discord Group for off-grid folks, agorists, and freedom lovers! Www.offgridagorist.com/discord.  Check out our podcast archives and free stuff at www.offgridagorist.com. Do you want to start your own agorist side hustle, but your not quite sure what type of agorist business to start. Check out our free download "131 ways to earn money using counter-economics"

Uncle Cy's Book Club is a channel on our Discord server"Off Grid Agorist Outlaws". In this channel, we will read a community chosen book together and have discussions on the topics we read about. Are you interested in studying more deeply the topics and philosophies around the liberty movement from an agorist perspective? Do think it would be more interesting in a group setting with others who share similar beliefs to your own? Just click this invitation link if you would like to join the Off Grid Agorist Outlaws Discord. Here's an Amazon link to purchase Anti-politics by Sal Mayweather

Any conversation you have with an agorist about anarchy will inevitably lead to topics like the non-aggression principle(N.A.P.), freedom of association, and voluntary interaction. These are all great topics worth a deep dive, but there is one concept that is at the core of all of these topics. Self-ownership As with many other philosophies, agorism holds the idea of self-ownership as absolutely fundamental. It's an either/or state of existence. Either you do own yourself or you don't. And, if you do, then it guides all the above topic discussions. It goes like this. If I own myself then; - You must own yourself too and I don't have any right to initiate violence against you and you don't have any right to initiate violence against me. - I have every right to use any force necessary to repel violence against me. - I am free to associate myself with whomever I choose and for whatever reasons I choose without permission from others. - All interactions with me require my consent for them to be legitimate. and any interactions I have with you require your consent. These are really simple ideas and most people agree with them except when it comes to the government. People excuse the government from these very simple yet obviously moral principles. Why is that? People must excuse the government from these sets of moral codes because they believe we must have government and government can not exist under such restraint of behavior. If this short article resonates at all with how you view liberty then I highly recommend the book "The World's Most Dangerous Superstition" by Larken Rose. Larken has an incredible way of distilling some really complex thinking down to easily digestible bits. If you are seriously searching for a moral perspective of liberty then this is a must read. Join the Off Grid Agorist Outlaws on Discord

Uncle Cy's Book Club is a channel on our Discord server"Off Grid Agorist Outlaws". In this channel, we will read a community chosen book together and have discussions on the topics we read about. Are you interested in studying more deeply the topics and philosophies around the liberty movement from an agorist perspective? Do think it would be more interesting in a group setting with others who share similar beliefs to your own? Just click this invitation link if you would like to join the Off Grid Agorist Outlaws Discord. Here's an Amazon link to purchase Anti-politics by Sal Mayweather

We talk a lot about the government and its inability and unwillingness to control its own growth. We talk a lot about the uselessness of the constitution in reigning in the powers of government. We talk a lot about how voting has very little if any impact on meaningful change in the government. Now let's talk about something that does have an impact. Let's talk about the action of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are the front lines of any push back against the government. They are the ones to push back against regulations. They are the ones to decide whether or not to provide a product or service that may or may not be "allowed" by the government. Make no mistake about it - the person dealing weed out of their apartment is as much of an entrepreneur as the person running a fully state-sanctioned, licensed business. It was the state's inability to even slow the growth of marijuana use with its multi-billion-dollar war on drugs that has made marijuana legal in most states now. This in large part is because of the entrepreneur who refused to bow to the state's commandments. These millions of entrepreneurs who used to operate in the black market now operate in the gray market. And, it's not just the weed dealers either. What about all those people that started giving rides under the Uber umbrella when it wasn't legal in most of the states they operated in.. The point is that there are enough people willing to accept the risks of dealing in a black market that it can impact the actions of the government. We often hear the phrase "Vote with your pocketbook". This is the only vote that matters when it comes to government. If you want to reduce or eliminate government then take the fight to the market and forget about the ballot box. We should all know by now that's a rigged game. Find a gray or black market that will allow you to use your own skill sets and start a business. Evaluate your own aversion to risk and find a sector in the gray or black market that aligns with that tolerance level. Stop operating in the white market where the government has all the control and takes whatever it wants from you at will. If you're unfamiliar with the different market classifications I've been discussing then I suggest listening to "What is Agorism: Part 2". This is how entrepreneurship is an act of rebellion. Starting a gray market or black market business allows you to keep more of your own money while diminishing the power of the state and voicing an opinion about the tyranny of government. If you want to explore this idea further you can download our FREE PDF "131 ways to make money using counter-economics" You can also check out our eBook "How to start a stealth business using counter-economics" Join our Discord

Uncle Cy's Book Club is a channel on our Discord server"Off Grid Agorist Outlaws". In this channel, we will read a community chosen book together and have discussions on the topics we read about. Are you interested in studying more deeply the topics and philosophies around the liberty movement from an agorist perspective? Do think it would be more interesting in a group setting with others who share similar beliefs to your own? Just click this invitation link if you would like to join the Off Grid Agorist Outlaws Discord. Here's an Amazon link to purchase Anti-politics by Sal Mayweather

Recently one of the OG Members in the Discord group posted a link to an article titled “6 Reasons Agorism is a Failed Strategy” and recommended that a rebuttal episode may be interesting. Shout out to Xed101. I After reading the article I agreed with Xed101. So, here it is. Here is a link to the article.  morelibertynow.com As titled the article list 6 reasons for the failure and to avoid any kind of copyright problems I won't publish the article here, but I will list the reasons given. 1 You're Alone 2 High Risk 3 Real World Failure 4 Ineffective 5 Self-limiting 6 Short-sighted The author does make some valid points when it comes to the hurdles of agorism and as a self proclaimed agorist for about 5 years he would certainly be aware of the hurdles but in my opinion these hurdles don't mark the strategy as failed. I don't know if the author intended to use the word failed in the past tense intentionally or not, but it insinuates a sort of finality to the unsuccessful application of agorism. After the second paragraph, the author writes” Agorism is a failed strategy. I encourage people not to pursue it at this time.” This implies that there may be a good time to pursue agorism in the future, but when would that be? I assume he means when these 6 problems have been solved, but none of the problems can be solved without the number of agorists increasing to substantial numbers. Maybe the author means to suggest that you should pursue agorism after other agorists have, through outreach, proselytizing, risk absorption and institution building increased the number of agorists to such levels that these 6 hurdles aren't that risky. This risk avoidance strategy will be employed by most people because most people are not very risk-tolerant when it comes to authority. However, this is accounted for in Konkin's writings. Konkin was clear in his predictions that agorism would take a long time. In this episode, we are going to discuss why we believe none of these 6 reasons are good enough reasons to either say agorism is a failed strategy or that people should not pursue it. Join our new Discord Group for off-grid folks, agorists, and freedom lovers! Www.offgridagorist.com/discord. Check out our podcast archives and free stuff at www.offgridagorist.com. Quote of the Week

Is the constitution of the united states really the document we have all been taught? Why are we told the constitution was the result of the American revolution? What does the declaration of independence have to do with the constitution? Why do so few people know anything about the Articles of confederation? These may seem like benign questions at first glance, but I assure you the answers to these questions open a door to a train of thought that leads to questions about the true nature of freedom in the United States. The idea that you have been misled your whole life about the constitution by nearly everyone around you is unsettling. I say “nearly” everyone because sometimes you will hear someone say something about that “sacred” document that goes against the national mythos and it sounds ridiculous. Those people get mocked and marginalized by the “good citizens” for their blasphemy. For those who have misled you, don't cast blame on them. They were lied to their whole lives too. The lies have been told for so long that the perpetrators of the lies are long dead and those who perpetuate the lies are a minuscule minority. The rest are just compliant dupes spreading the lies because they believe the lies. It is my belief that one can never have real liberty in this country and still believe in the national story. The two are diametrically opposed and the belief in one must negate the other. It is possible to see these lies for what they are, but it requires a suspension of belief in the mythos. One must be able to honestly question the validity of the mythos so the mind can rationally evaluate the contradicting information. In today's episode, we have a special guest. Legalman is one of those who are trying to shed some truth on this great deception. He is among the best at pointing out the inconsistencies in a concise way that leaves little debate about the truth of the matter when it comes to the true purpose of the constitution. To those of you in our audience who call yourselves constitutional republicans I urge you to listen with an open ear. Compare what you hear in this episode with what you've been taught all your life then contrast the information with what you see all around you in reality.  Join our new Discord Group for off-grid folks, agorists, and freedom lovers! Www.offgridagorist.com/discord. Check out our podcast archives and free stuff at www.offgridagorist.com. To listen to Legalmans podcast The Quash Quote of the Week For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole TRUTH; to know the worst, and to provide for it. - Patrick Henry

Have you ever thought about leaving the USA, Canada, or any first world country? Do you daydream about going to a foreign land and sipping margaritas on the beach of a tropical island for the rest of your life? I know that I do. I have thought about it quite a bit. Although we live in the richest countries in the world, tyrannical policies and over-taxation have many of us wondering what it would be like to exit the system. Our tax dollars have been weaponized and are being used against us. The Fed keeps printing money like it's going out of style, causing massive price increases in just about every commodity available. People have simply stopped looking for work as our jobs are being threatened because we don't want our healthcare dictated to us. As our first world countries become more like slave systems, many of us have thought about exiting our countries entirely, but it seems like such a difficult task to accomplish. Not only is leaving the country intimidating, how about expatriating and going off-grid? Now that sounds like a doozy! Sourcing supplies takes much more than running to the local Lowe's and picking up everything you need. All of the dynamics and conveniences we are used to change. Is it difficult, yes. Impossible? No! In this week's show, we are talking to a very interesting woman, Kristen Krash. She has managed to leave the The USA for many of the reasons noted above. She now lives in Ecuador. Not only did she expatriate from America, but she is also living off-grid and flourishing. Check out her website https://www.sdvforest.com/ There are lots of things to think about when expatriating to another country to live off grid. How is the country reacting to the pandemic? What are the country's policies towards crypto, taxation, building permits? What is the primary language? Are they friendly towards Americans? Is there access to healthcare, and what are the costs of that healthcare? If you are thinking about leaving the country for a more simple life, you must perform your due diligence. Do lots of research and see if it is viable to begin an off-grid life abroad. I think you will be surprised at how many options are really out there. Join our new Discord Group for off-grid folks, agorists, and freedom lovers! www.offgridagorist.com/discord. Check out our podcast archives and free stuff at www.offgridagorist.com. Quote of the Week Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from. – Seth Godin