Quote from: Dread Pirate Roberts on October 03, 2012, 07:28 pmThanks for finding these Pine.Agreed. I knew the two had argued over agorism, but I hadn't seen the essays until now (filed away for future reading).Quote from: Dread Pirate Roberts on October 03, 2012, 07:28 pmRothbard and Konkin were the two main inspirations for creating Silk Road, so it is interesting to see that they disagreed on some things.Good to know what the main inspirations were. I mean I already figured Konkin was one because of the NLM, but I wasn't sure how much of the non-agorist libertarian-left/mutualist/anarcho-capitalist stuff was too.Quote from: Dread Pirate Roberts on October 03, 2012, 07:28 pmHonestly I see no major problem with either approach that would make it unworthy of pursuit. Electing officials that will take steps to dismantle the state apparatus and give people more freedom is great. Break up and weaken that monopoly from the inside. At the same time, actively creating alternatives to it in the free market and making it easier for people to withdraw their support is also great, weaken it from the outside.I'm inclined to agree in that the world is a big and complex place so I think we need to borrow liberally (if you'll pardon the pun) from both camps to get where we want to go. To paraphrase numerous martial arts teachers: do whatever gets you more freedom. So that means get involved in politics where it can actually help (not necessarily in a party, these days lobby groups can be more effective) and cut out the state middle-man where you can.Quote from: Dread Pirate Roberts on October 03, 2012, 07:28 pmBoth have their pitfalls and drawbacks, and liberty is still only a dream we can work toward but may never obtain, but I hope that if these men were still alive and saw Silk Road, they would have hope for the future and agree that their views are compatible.I reckon your best bet to get an actual answer to that is to create a disposable Tor Mail account and email J. Neil Schulman for his opinion. ;)Assuming you haven't already done so that is.