An agorist classic. A great fictional book illustrating a rich agora forming while the government outside collapses in a Randian fashion. A must read for any agorist, anarchist, hardcore crypto people, or general dissidents.
@AilliA Have you read this one yet?
I've read this one several times and enjoyed it.
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You have earned one lecture on how I don't price enough things in Monero terms.
Honestly I've never even heard of this book! Ofc I can't realistically read all the agorism books, but I think I've come across most of the usual suspects :) discovering a new one is a rare gift, thank you for this @OldNorseAnarchist <3
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What are your favorite fictional agorist books? I think I've only read this one to be honest. That being said Atlas Shrugged and The Moon is A Harsh Mistress both have heavy agorist themes.
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I have some ideas to write one. Maybe I could do it episodically here. I am planning to do a weekly havamal passage every Woden's day (wednesday).
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I wouldn’t call it a favorite, but Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (and quite a few of his lesser-known works) left its mark on me.
...and unfortunately I was not able to pass the "security check against malicious bots" (lol) to open that link in Tor, will look at it later from another device.
"I wouldn't call it a favorite"
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Origin and history of WednesdayOrigin and history of Wednesday
Wednesday(n.)Wednesday(n.)
fourth day of the week, Middle English Wednes-dai, from Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day," a Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury" (compare Old Norse Oðinsdagr, Swedish Onsdag, Old Frisian Wonsdei, Middle Dutch Wudensdach). For Woden, see Odin.
i found there is also a movie. have you watched it @OldNorseAnarchist? is it as good as the book? sometimes movies are fine. sometimes they kill it.
I have not seen the movie, but it seems to be not very good hahahaha. Honestly, the book is good (great even), but the writing is a little stilted at times because the philosophical basis was so influenced by Konkin (I remember hearing that he actually was consulted on this book, but I'm having difficulty substantiating that). There are a couple times where the descriptions of the intricacy and detail of the systems are a bit gratuitous. I understand why though. Agorism is so much of a deviation from the status quo that those explainers are needed.
Still less overbearing detail than a Stephen King novel. We get it Steve-O the lampshade is really fascinating.
If you want to read Stephen King without shooting yourself in the face, I recommend his short stories. You may also want to "acquire" them because he's a massive hyper-progressive piece of shit. And the writing of a "scene" with a "group activity" with multiple children (11 years old) is deranged. If I had my way he would be heavily investigated and then "admonished" if sufficient evidence was found of the accusation.
Also, unrelated, but I don't want another tx.
@Aillia have you seen Cyberpunk Edgerunners? Legit one of the best agorist-adjacent works out there if you read in-between the lines from an ancap view.