Network Structure

The Agorist Network is designed for clarity, security, and progressive engagement. Understanding its structure and the different ways you can interact is key to navigating your journey within it.

The Welcome Desk

The Welcome Desk serves as your initial point of contact for anyone eager to learn more about our network and the pathways to a new life within it. For detailed information on getting started and connecting with network hosts, visit our dedicated Welcome Desk page.

The Three Circles of the Network

Our network operates across three distinct circles, each representing different levels of trust, engagement, and access. Think of these as concentric circles—not a hierarchy, but layers of relationship depth. Everyone starts at the Perimeter, and movement inward happens through demonstrated alignment with our principles and building trust over time.

The Core

The Core represents the deepest level of network engagement—trusted members who have demonstrated clear understanding and consistent practice of voluntaryist principles and the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). This is where private spaces, sensitive information, and the most intimate collaborations exist.

What defines Core members:

How to reach the Core: Connect with a Network Host, join a caravan, participate actively in network activities, or study materials in The Library to demonstrate understanding. Apply for admission when you're ready—there's no fixed timeline. Trust is earned through consistent behavior, not time served.

The Frontier

The Frontier is the active transition zone—where people move from curiosity to commitment, from observer to participant. This is where most of our visible activity happens: caravans traveling between locations, festivals and gatherings, public outreach, and initial vetting of new members.

What happens in the Frontier:

The Frontier isn't a waiting room—it's an active space where people discover whether this life aligns with their values. Our buses and visible presence serve as access points, clearly marked to signal where the parallel economy operates. This is where people transition from wondering "could I live like this?" to actively building that life.

The Perimeter

The Perimeter is where we engage with the broader world—the interface between the network and everyone outside it. This includes public outreach, educational content, initial contact with curious individuals, and operations in areas where building freedom requires constant vigilance against state interference.

Perimeter activities include:

The Perimeter is essential—it's how we grow, how we spread ideas, and how we connect with people ready for alternatives. But it's also where the most caution is necessary, as not everyone here shares our values or understands voluntary principles.

Structuring Your Network: Levels of Engagement

Your journey within our network can deepen through distinct levels, each signifying a greater alignment with our values and a higher degree of trust and shared purpose:

Your "Network" is a physical manifestation of your interactions. Interactions with intention can result in networks with intention, and the clusters and groups of individuals that result therefrom.

Your network already exists. Now, identify your trusted "subnet", or network of individuals you have established trust with, who share your intention and objective of creating a more free world for themselves and others, and whom you have established sufficient moral and/or ethical common ground with. If they are a potential threat to you or yours, confront them about it and establish healthy boundaries with them. If they do not respect your boundaries, do not consider them a part of your trusted subnet.

Essentially, we are advocating individuals establish decentralized enclaves, both localized and dispersed, aimed at making freedom more accessible for others. This guide will go into detail about how networks will solve the issue of scaling up from small communities to places that have larger populations.

The moral philosophy of voluntaryism is not required to posit a working solution for how the world would look without a government as that will be created organically by those involved. Still, there are many resources on times past and present where anarchy has existed or exists.

The concept of a society functioning without a centralized, coercive state might seem radical in today's world, but history offers numerous compelling examples. For millennia, human communities have successfully organized themselves, resolved disputes, and thrived through voluntary association, decentralized governance, and customary law, proving that sophisticated social order doesn't require a monopolistic authority.

For detailed historical case studies of flourishing stateless societies—including the Icelandic Commonwealth, Xeer legal system, Brehon Law, and others—explore our comprehensive examples page in The Library.

Link to Anarchy Examples

One of the most practical ways to reduce reliance on state police is through coordinated community response. When disputes or incidents occur, showing up as a group of trusted neighbors creates accountability and often de-escalates situations more effectively than armed authorities.

This can take many forms: informal neighborhood watch networks, rapid response communication channels, or simply the understanding that your subnet members will support each other when needed. The presence of multiple witnesses and mediators often prevents conflicts from escalating, while the absence of state involvement keeps situations from turning into criminal matters with life-altering consequences.

Start small: establish communication with 3-5 nearby network members or trusted neighbors who share your values. Create a simple way to reach each other quickly. Practice showing up for each other in non-emergency situations first—helping with projects, resolving minor disputes, building trust. This foundation makes coordinated response natural when it matters most.

Understanding the Network's structure is just the beginning. The real value comes from actively engaging with it—building your subnet, progressing through trust levels, and contributing to the strength of the Core, Frontier, and Perimeter.

Remember that these circles exist to serve freedom, not restrict it. They're tools for building trust, protecting what matters, and scaling voluntary cooperation from small groups to large networks. Your participation shapes how these structures evolve.