Konkin's agorism, as exposited in his
New Libertarian Manifesto, postulates that the correct method of achieving a
voluntary society is through advocacy and growth of the
underground economy or "black market" – the "counter-economy" as Konkin put it – until such a point that the State's perceived
moral authority and outright power have been so thoroughly undermined that revolutionary market anarchist legal and security enterprises are able to arise from underground and ultimately suppress government as a criminal activity (with taxation being treated as theft, war being treated as mass murder,
et cetera). According to Konkin's pamphlet
Counter-Economics: According to Konkin, counter-economics also allows for immediate self-liberation from statist controls, to whatever degree practical, by applying entrepreneurial logic to rationally decide which laws to discreetly break and when. The fundamental principle is to
trade risk for profit, although profit can refer to any gain in perceived value rather than strictly monetary gains (as a consequence of the
subjective theory of value). Voluntary practices of counter-economics include: •
Bartering and
alternative currency use •
Illegal migration or hiring illegal immigrants •
Drug trafficking • Exchange of
food stamps •
Mutual credit •
Smuggling •
Subsistence farming •
Tax evasion •
Prostitution == Strategy ==