The Free State Project

Psychic Burrito writes "From their website: The Free State Project is a plan in which 20,000 or more liberty-oriented people will move to a single state of the U.S. to secure there a free society. We will accomplish this by first reforming state law, opting out of federal mandates, and finally negotiating directly with the federal government for appropriate political autonomy." Perhaps they should also read Everything: Kansas. I think Don Marti was also the one who thought the geeks should do this by moving en masse to North Dakota.

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Libertarians Are Stupid.

[_krimson_]

And it would be a proven fact if they got to go ahead with this plan and demonstrate it for all of us.

I can't wait to see it happen.

Re:Absolutely ridiculous

[Anonymous Coward]

A. The 'wishes' of the previous populace are irrational and require no consideration.
B. If these 20,000 people constitute the majority of the voting populace, then there is no problem because...
C. Once the 'liberty' is established, the people are more than welcome to regress to the original governmental institution.

'The rights to pursuit of property, liberty and life are negated if you attack the self-same rights of others.'

Re:Absolutely ridiculous

[duck_prime]

20,000 people who prize individual freedom above all else will move into a state and then trample over the wishes of the previous populace to get their preferred form of government enacted.

Er ... that's kind of the entire history of the American settlement of this continent. Talk about prior art!

It is a little weird though ... like when the Anarchist candidate actually wins the election and stands around nervously on the podium, wondering what to do.

Re:We can have a quebec in the US!

[brsmith4]

So? 20,000 is still twice the population of North Dakota :)

Re:Wyoming

[Kombat]

But from what little I remember of the Civil War / War Between the States, the federal government of the United States won't take kindly to secession.

So what? Isn't that EXACTLY what the Second Amendment exists for? Stop being a coward. Organize a militia, arm yourselves, and fight for it. Actually, I'm positive that that is in fact precisely why the Second Amendment exists. It's supposed to guarantee that an organized and armed populace can overpower a corrupt government.

Oh, what's that? You say decades of apathy have allowed the government to completely castrate the spirit of the second amendment to its current state of barely protecting pellet guns? Gee, that's too bad. Maybe those "gun nuts" were onto something?