Camp Orientation

Welcome to the Campfire

You've arrived at Freedom Base Camp. Around this fire, we'll show you the four pathways people take when leaving the system. Most people need all four—but you can start with whichever one feels most urgent.

Think of these as your character stats in the game of building a free life. You're leveling up in: Money, Housing, Community, and Purpose.

The Four Pathways

💰 Pathway 1: Money Without Masters

The Problem: Your job funds wars, cage systems, and corruption through taxes. Your labor creates wealth that's stolen before you see it.

The Solution: Redirect income to agorist sources—work that doesn't fund the state. This includes:

  • Trading goods/services in the parallel economy
  • Accepting cryptocurrency or precious metals
  • Apprenticing in guilds that teach valuable skills
  • Fulfilling bounties on the network's board

First Step: Visit The Agora to see what opportunities exist, or read "Agorist Tactics" in The Workshop to understand the economic strategy.

Browse Opportunities Learn Agorist Tactics

🏕️ Pathway 2: Housing Without Rent-Seeking

The Problem: Rent and mortgages trap you in the wage-slave cycle. You work to pay someone else's property taxes while building nothing permanent for yourself.

The Solution: Find housing that doesn't feed the system. Options include:

  • Staying with network hosts (short or long-term)
  • Camping on free public lands (BLM, national forests)
  • Mobile living (van, RV, bus conversion)
  • Joining intentional communities with voluntary agreements
  • Crowdfunding land purchases with trusted network members

First Step: Check the maps for free camping locations, browse network host listings, or learn about nomadic living in The Workshop.

View Free Land Maps Learn Mobile Living

🤝 Pathway 3: Community Without Hierarchy

The Problem: Isolation makes you vulnerable. The state wants atomized individuals with no support networks—easier to control, easier to coerce.

The Solution: Build reciprocal relationships with people who share your values. This includes:

  • Attending network meetups and events
  • Joining caravans that move between locations
  • Connecting with guilds in your trade or interest area
  • Hosting or being hosted by trusted network members
  • Participating in consensus-based decision making spaces

First Step: Visit Connect to learn about community building, or check events to find gatherings near you.

Explore Community Find Events

🎯 Pathway 4: Purpose Beyond Survival

The Problem: The system wants you working just to survive, with no energy left for meaning. You're too tired to ask why you're doing any of this.

The Solution: Design work around your values and vision. This includes:

  • Identifying your skills and how they serve freedom
  • Creating your own "character class" in the real-world RPG
  • Joining teams working on specific freedom-building projects
  • Teaching others skills you've mastered
  • Building infrastructure that outlives you

First Step: Read "Rewrite Your Future" to design your path, or explore the Real-World RPG framework in The Workshop.

Rewrite Your Future Real-World RPG

Where Are You Now?

Most people entering the network are strong in one or two pathways but weak in others. That's normal. The goal isn't perfection—it's progress.

Quick self-assessment:

If you scored low on any pathway, that's where to focus next. If you scored high on all four, you're ready to take the road beyond and start building for others.

What Happens Next?

Now that you understand the four pathways, you have choices:

Option 1: Go deeper on philosophy Visit The Library to understand why this matters and learn the principles behind voluntaryism and agorism.

Visit The Library

Option 2: Learn practical skills Visit The Workshop for how-to guides on everything from mobile living to counter-economics.

Visit The Workshop

Option 3: Start connecting Visit Connect to find community, hosts, and people working on similar goals.

Visit Connect

Option 4: Take immediate action Visit The Agora to browse bounties, find events, and start participating in the parallel economy today.

Visit The Agora

Option 5: See the whole map Visit The Compass Star to get an overhead view of the entire base camp and decide your own route.

Go to Compass Star

Remember: You don't need permission to start. You need a map and people who've walked the path before you. You have both now.