Marnix van Suylekom: Buying an Abandoned Village in Spain
“We have to go back to doing more with neighbours, with family with friends. That’s one way of replacing big government. Yes, you can replace it with a Free Private City and a service model, but you can also replace it with actual communities, and the actual community is, I think more attainable. Particularly for left-leaning people.“
I know that many of you, myself included, have secretly dreamt of buying an abandoned village and turning it into the utopia of your dreams. Well, today’s guest on the podcast has embarked on one such project and I sat down with him recently in Prague.
Marnix Van Suylekom has a grand plan to apply Agorist principles to the rejuvenation of an abandoned hamlet in a picturesque valley in Galicia, Northern Spain.
In this conversation, we discuss the lessons Marnix has learned so far on his journey to source, buy, and now begin renovating his abandoned village called Panadexo.
There are lots of great insights and info here on his bottom-up approach to the project as well as some chat about life, raising kids, and generally finding freedom in your life.
Enjoy the conversation.