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'''Agorism''', shortened to '''A<sup>3</sup>''' ('''Anarchy, Agora, Action'''), is an Anarchist, economically right-wing and anti-copyright ideology.
AgorismFirst asproposed aby politicalSamuel ideologyEdward Konkin III, Agorism is generally more about the means than the ends. It, in short, states that the best way to achieve a free society is peaceful, through theparticipation utilizationin all forms of blacktrade and(legal greyor marketsillegal) which do not violate the Non-Aggression Principle.
It was first proposed by Samuel Edward Konkin III at the conferences CounterCon I in October 1974 and in CounterCon II in May 1975.
ForTo Agorismthis itend is important to distinguishAgorism betweenpromotes Grey and Black markets, andwhile aadvocating against "Red Marketmarkets." AgorismGrey onlymarkets supportsare behaviorthose thatwhich isare which eitherare legal but outside the framework of the state, system (GreyBlack markets) orare thatthose which isare Illegalillegal but not inherentlyviolent, and Red markets are those which are violent (Blackie markets,those which violate the NAP). butThe itfocus doesof notAgorism supportis tradeon relatingcounter-economics, towhich thingsare thatdefined violateas the Nonsum of all non-Aggressionaggressive PrincipleHuman (TheAction Redwhich Market)is forbidden by the State.
He supports all usage of Counter-economics defined as the sum of all non-aggressive Human Action which is forbidden by the State.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20090325044459/http://agorism.info/Counter-Economics.pdf Counter-Economics: what it is, how it works."]</ref>
Some people tend to say Agorism is a [[File:Libsoc.png]][[Libertarian Socialism|Left-Libertarian]] ideology<ref>[http://www.spaz.org/~dan/individualist-anarchist/software/konkin-interview.html "Smashing the State for Fun and Profit Since 1969" An Interview With the Libertarian Icon Samuel Edward Konkin III (a.k.a. SEK3)".]</ref><ref>D'Amato, David S. (27 November 2018). [http://www.libertarianism.org/columns/black-market-activism-samuel-edward-konkin-iii-agorism "Black-Market Activism: Samuel Edward Konkin III and Agorism"]. Libertarianism.org. Retrieved 21 November 2019.</ref> or that it is a [[File:Anmark2.png]] [[Left-Wing Market Anarchism|Left Market Anarchist]] ideology and that it is not related to right-wing market anarchism in any way, this,though althoughothers trueargue inthat partthis becausedefinition of Konkinleftism referringis to Agorism as so, it's false due to he not using the terminconsistent with the standard definition referring to [[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]], hethat used it as defined by [[File:LeftRothbardianismPix.png]] [[Left-Rothbardianism|Roderick T. Long]] as a reintegration of libertarianism with concerns that are traditionally thought of as being concerns of the left. That includes concerns for worker empowerment, worry about plutocracy, concerns about feminism and various kinds of socialmost equalityleftists<ref>Long, Roderick. T. (4 January 2008). [http://en.liberalis.pl/2008/01/04/interview-with-roderick-long/ "An Interview With Roderick Long"]. Liberalism in English. Retrieved 21 December 2019.</ref>.Furthermore on the topic of property it is also worth checking Konkin's opinion on intellectual property.
Furthermore on the topic of property it is also worth checking Konkin's opinion on intellectual property.
Konkin abruptly opposed intellectual property rights and wrote an essay called "Copywrongs" about it<ref>Konkin III, Samuel Edward. [http://users.aol.com/vlntryst/wn20.html "Copywrongs"]]. Archived 13 August 2006 at the [[w:Wayback_Machine|Wayback Machine]].</ref> and regarded them as creators of monopolies and market distortion.
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