The options:

1. submit to the insurrectionists.
2. peacefully resist (withhold consent). Click here for more.
3. violently resist (fight back).
4. separation.

Option 1 might resemble paying for protection to insurrectionists themselves instead of relying on official police or private security. This resembles paying 'protection money' to the mob. One example can be found here. Simply accepting the new set of rules imposed by 'rebels' would be the ultimate submision.

Option 2 would simply withohld consent. To abandon the area for a safe location is one possibility (bug out). Perhaps some threat of force (mutually assured destruction?) can be negotiated. Private security or voluntary quasi-police (ex: Neigborhood Watch or posse) can defend people or property. Refuse service. Don't supply demands. Worst case: If your business is threatened, abandon it (or burn it down) before the looters do their damage. You lose but they don't gain.

Option 3 would require attacking the threat. It would be an offensive effort - as in counter-revolution. This might involve using existing official government police/military forces; private security forces; vigilante or voluntary group action; community militias; secret organizations; or a combination of these. For more on Option 3 click here.

A society’s body of laws represent the norms acceptable to enough of the people to voluntaily and ‘cooperatively’ interact with each other (Social Contract or Common Interest).

Exploitation (and conflict) is the opposite of cooperation. Crime is a clear example of exploitation. Nobody wants to be a crime victim. Theft is a crime. Laws can also exploit people. Unwanted taxation is theft. Regulating choices is theft of liberty. Who wants to be exploited?

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