As was discussed in part one of this episode, with each new law and regulation, the opportunities to profit from black and grey market trading increase. Rayo put it this way: Big Brother already has 60 million laws and regulations or so. If all laws were consistently enforced, almost every…
Category: Economics
With each new law and regulation passed, the opportunities to profit from black and grey market trading increase. The practice of this is more commonly known as agorism, but it didn’t originate from Samuel Edward Konkin III. Rather, it originated from Rayo with what he called ethical enclaves: “An ethical…
In this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle conclude the subject of financial independence (FI), which lays a great foundation for everything else to come in season 2. Specifically, they discuss what role crypto-currencies play in FI, why security culture and keeping your own counsel is important when…
Editor’s Note: The following is an article from Reason Magazine, originally published in the December 1972 issue. It covers multiple case studies of attempts at founding new libertarian countries in the 1960s and 70s, most inspired by the Free Isles Project, something Rayo was involved in early on. All credit…
In this debut episode of season 2, Shane and Kyle discuss financial independence (FI), which is defined as making a livelihood without a steady employer. You have to have the money first, before you can invest it in your vonu ventures. FI is crucial to a vonuan, as it would…
Note: The following is an article by TVP host, Kyle Rearden, published on his blog, The Last Bastille. “I often encourage folks who are preparedness-minded to develop a second income stream with a home-based business. Once you have that business started, then start another one…[a] successfully recession-proof home-based business is…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we present one final, relevant historical connection before getting to season two. First, you will hear an article Shane wrote a couple of weeks ago titled, Samuel Konkin III (SEK3) on Rayo and Vonu: Different Approaches? Reason being, we want to make sure…
Author’s Note: Four articles by Samuel Konkin will be referenced in this article. Click here to view them. Get Rayo’s book for FREE in PDF/audiobook format HERE! http://www.libertyunderattack.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/KonkinRayoSDFINAL.mp3 Download this spoken discourse. (MP3) | Download this article (PDF). If you were a libertarian/anarchist in the 1960s and 70s, southern California…
Editor’s Note: The following is a collection of four articles by Samuel Konkin III (SEK3), which were published in the Southern Libertarian Review from January-June 1975. This post will serve as a link-back for an article I will write regarding the above title—there’s not a whole lot to go off…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle discuss three concepts Rayo formulated, namely: Servile Society: A servile society could be defined as one that does not respect self-ownership or individual liberty, but rather heralds the supremacy of government and authority; in other words, it upholds the collective…
Note: The following is an article by TVP host, Kyle Rearden, published on his blog, The Last Bastille. Know thyself. Know thy adversary. Adopt and adapt their strategies – not to dominate them, but to keep yourself free. Do everything possible to postpone any sweeping countermoves your adversary may attempt…
Note: The following is an article by TVP host, Kyle Rearden, published on his blog, The Last Bastille. “The spectacle is the ruling order’s nonstop discourse about itself, its never-ending monologue of self-praise, its self-portrait at the stage of totalitarian domination of all aspects of life…[t]he spectacle is totally dogmatic,…