What is the Anarcho Capitalist Life in Acapulco Really Like?

juansgalt (58)in #dtube • 8 years ago (edited)

A community of Anarcho Capitalists / Voluntarists is growing in Acapulco Mexico.

If you are reading this, you’ve probably heard of Anarchapulco, the Anarcho Capitalist conference that claims to be unique in the world as appealing to and bringing together these free market loving breed of talking monkeys.

Acapulco, one of the largest ports in Mexico, facing the pacific ocean, is believed to be one of the most important cities in the country, bringing in vehicles, goods and all kinds of funky exports to the rest of the country. It also happens to be 4 hours away from Mexico City, the largest city in the world, and shares one of the most impressive highways in connection.

All of this, after a decade of hitting rock bottom in regards to safety and popularity.

Well, Acapulco is arguably ending its bearish run, as evidenced by events like the infamous Donald Trump, purchasing a huge hotel in the coastal city.

More exciting than that, since Anarchopulco 2015, Anarcho Capitalists from around the world have been choosing it as their landing pad, as they escape growing fascism and surveillance in alleged “First world countries”. But is Acapulco any better?

The Community

I’m Juan S. Galt, a Bitcoin researcher and content creator, and I’ve been part of this growing community of Ancaps, that have fled their countries of origin or residence, to give Acapulco a try as their home base. Or make it one of their home bases, anyways.

Every week I meet up with roughly 10 individuals, their kids and their dogs. We break bread and talk about all kinds of things, from libertarian and world politics, Bitcoin, technology, business opportunities, and day to day life in Acapulco, to name a few.

The development of this community since the beginning of 2015 has been a very interesting experience and I’ve had the opportunity to go along for the ride since November of 2014.

Of course, if you’ve heard about Anarchapulco before, you’ve most likely heard of it through the Angel Clark show, or Jeff Berwick’s Anarchast. And these have been very effective sources of information regarding life in Acapulco. Without them, many of us would not be here.

The Full Documentary

[The Ancap’s life in Acapulco Documentary is not funded by Anarchapulco or other wise in any direct business with the conference. This is an independent project. It is simply that the conference is a big part of our community here, how most of us met and why most of us originally came here. And some of our members overlap]