SS: This article, "The Veil of Chains: Awakening Liberty Through the Greater Shadow", written by Brandon Aragon of Agorist Nexus, critiques the illusion of voting for the "lesser evil" as a path to liberty, arguing it perpetuates, evolves, and makes tyranny more efficient through gradual encroachments like debt hikes, surveillance renewals, and gun control under both parties. Drawing historical parallels to the American Revolution, where sudden British overreaches—from the Stamp Act to the Intolerable Acts—ignited resistance after years of relative autonomy, it contrasts this with today's "boiling frog" slow boil of freedoms eroded over decades. The piece champions agorism as the antidote: withdrawing consent through counter-economics like cryptocurrencies for untaxed trade, 3D-printed goods for self-reliance, and mutual-aid networks, inspired by thinkers like Samuel Edward Konkin III and Lysander Spooner. Relevant to r/Libertarian for its rejection of statism and electoral reform in favor of voluntaryist action.
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