["Free State" projects]

 

"There are so many other ways for people to make a contribution to society besides politics that it is probably a waste of time for most people to devote time to political activism at all."

 

Thanks for your post. Ron Paul and Molyneux are excellent at making logical points but I wonder about their effectuality. Actually, I would argue that Paul has made more of an impact than Molyneux by working within the state even though the latter is the more effective speaker. I think there is also something to be said about Hagel here and that is - we live in a particular kind of world, a society where the message "smash the state" resonates with very few unless its done with respect to the various socially accepted constructs that (and we must grant them atl least this) have gained their merit through historical pedigree. I would also argue that we will find that these free state projects will have a profound effect on changing such statist oriented constructs for the better and people in this community and others related to it should get behind them and try to work with them. Nevertheless, logic is logic and Molyneux, Ron Paul and yourself cannot be said to be wrong. Unfortunately, however, we live in a world that is.

You may want to focus it more on property, and the owning of it/protecting of it vs. being farmed on it.  Farmer vs. Livestock.  Sometimes the concept "state" gets blurred with "government" or "country" making it seem necessary to have an authority structure or legal system to define a territory.  Be clear about what makes

 

You are absolutly right and I will. Thanks

More direct to your question however, I would find it really interesting to look at these programs from a vantage point of the unpredictable events among their perspective efforts.What measures do those pushing these efforts hope to instill to give their results the most lasting viability?What is the political climate like in surrounding communities and is there blow-back to their vision?What does that blow-back really look like in the regions of these programs?How do these organizations plan to measure their results - what analysis will they be using and what means?What do people in these movements disagree about most?What campaign strategies to they employ?How do they network the necessary personnel (legal counsel, reputation management, advertising)?What principles are emphasized (mission statements, etc), and what principles are compromised / tactically sacrificed?What do these groups report as being their biggest obstacles?I feel really inadequate to even offer suggestions on this, since I've only mildly investigated the NH Free State Program - but as an arm-chair quarterback think it would be fascinating to read about the challenges of these programs  

Those are some excellent fuckin' questions. Let me go get a bottle of wine. I'll get backed to you in a little while.

["Free State" projects]

Hey all

 

 

I know what 99% of you think about university and state subsidized education in general so I think it's necessary to preface this post by saying that I pay for all of my courses through working a production based job and when I am at school I make sure to always let my profs know when their Marxism is hanging out. Anyway, I've been following libertarianism for a while now and have been watching with interest the emergence of some of these “free states.” Still, there is very little information on them since they are in their infancy so I've decided to do my masters work on some facet of this movement, which means directly working with them. But I'd like to hear some ideas as to where my research should be directed. For obvious reasons none of my profs would prove helpful for this sort of discourse so I came here, which is no doubt the best place. I promise to share my work, which will include direct involvement with one of the organizations spear heading this fascinating trend.

 

 

Thanks in advance...