White Pills generally take the form of cultural or political trends. But they are especially satisfying when they take human form. Today’s liberty movement is fortunate to have a host of important White Pill influencers. They are solidly grounded in anarcho-libertarian principles; they know how to communicate; they relentlessly work to undercut the legitimacy of the State. Keith Knight is one of them, and he has dispensed a White Pill of his own, in his latest book, Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism. The title tells us a lot. Keith reveals that he came out of the...
How Agorism Evolves Past The State
Agorism, in all its various forms, promotes self-reliance and independent entrepreneurial ventures. It is a process that is evolving past the State and making it obsolete. We cannot disregard the State completely; we have no illusions about this. But evolving past the State is very much in our power. Today agorism is rapidly growing and evolving in countless manifestations…it is all around us. But what is agorism? In its most specific form, agorism is an explicitly adopted lifestyle of purely voluntary exchanges. But in a general sense, agorism is essentially the sum of all human...
An Open Letter to Advocates of Liberty
This letter is addressed to any person who supports the universality of the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). By “universality” I mean that this principal should apply as equally to government as to individuals and voluntary groups. The target audience for this letter are those who agree with that universality; I encourage those who are not yet convinced of it to research the extensive libertarian body of knowledge. --- Mark Maresca, August 2018 The purpose of this letter is two-fold: to persuade libertarians to refrain from political participation; and to offer a profoundly superior...