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…
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…
Editor’s Note: The following is a blog post authored by Roy Halliday, discussing his experiences with Operation Atlantis, in addition to some other interesting historical details. This is one of three articles that will be published as case studies of attempts at founding new libertarian countries in the 1960s-70s. Click…
(UPDATE 8/24/17: The author reached out to me and informed me that she was a PhD student, NOT a professor at McGill University. I have updated the editor’s note to reflect that.) Editor’s Note: The following is an academic whitepaper originally published in the Shima Journal, authored by Isabelle Simpson,…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we present you with an interview Shane did on The Seeds of Liberty Podcast. We discussed the man behind this strategy, Rayo, Dave drops a #Davespiracy (that Ben Stone is actually Rayo), the likely possibility that Konkin “meme-jacked” Rayo’s concept known as ethical…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we present you with an interview Kyle did on Maggie Rose’s The Concord Hour, a Patriot radio program over on RevolutionRadio. The first hour of the program focuses on vonu/political crusading and the second hour is on applied vonuism — that is, the…
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…