Agorists consider themselves
market anarchists, while many characterize it as a form of
left-libertarianism.
[2] Agorists generally oppose voting for political candidates and political reform. Instead, agorists stress the importance of alternative strategies rather than politics to achieve a free society. Agorists claim that we can achieve a free society more easily and sooner by employing such alternative methods as
education,
direct action,
alternative currencies,
entrepreneurship,
self sufficiency, and most importantly "
counter-economics".
[1] Agorists consider their message to be scientific because science is an appeal to reason, which they believe is only possible in the Agora or free market. Agorists believe that State backed, regulated and funded science is illegitimate.
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Agorists' opposition to voting differs from the views of
Murray Rothbard, who defended the act of voting.
[6] Rothbard openly denounced Konkin's agorism:
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“Konkin’s entire theory speaks only to the interests and concerns of the marginal classes who are self-employed. The great bulk of the people are full-time wage workers; they are people with steady jobs. Konkinism has nothing whatsoever to say to these people. To adopt Konkin’s strategy, then, would on this ground alone, serve up a dead end for the libertarian movement. We cannot win if there is no possibility of speaking to the concerns of the great bulk of wage earners in this and other countries.”
—Murray Rothbard
Konkin responded to Rothbard's criticism:
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