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20,000 participants have signed the Statement of Intent to move to New Hampshire, where they will “exert their fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of individuals’ rights to life, liberty and property.”
MANCHESTER, NH (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 03, 2016: As of today, The Free State Project is the most successful intentional migration movement in American history. This is because today the organization has announced that 20,000 participants have signed the Statement of Intent to move to New Hampshire, where they will “exert their fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of individuals’ rights to life, liberty and property.”
No, why would you think that? I listed one example as an expansion of gun rights laws. Last year they passed legislation successfully to combat the heroin epidemic by enabling easier access to medication that treats overdoses. And I can go around to various neighborhoods and not be the odd one out as a Libertarian, so if that isn't a success then I don't know what is. The accomplishments may not seem like much to you but they are a hell of a lot more than libertarians can accomplish in other places. You also have to consider that only 2,000 people have moved so far.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: centarix
MANCHESTER, NH (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 03, 2016: As of today, The Free State Project is the most successful intentional migration movement in American history. This is because today the organization has announced that 20,000 participants have signed the Statement of Intent to move to New Hampshire, where they will “exert their fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of individuals’ rights to life, liberty and property.”
The most successful based on a signed statement of intent? Lol. When I was a kid, I signed a pledge in school to "just say no." Guess how that worked out?
In December 2012, state representative Cynthia Chase (D-Keene) said "Free Staters are the single biggest threat the state is facing today. There is, legally, nothing we can do to prevent them from moving here to take over the state, which is their openly stated goal. In this country you can move anywhere you choose and they have that same right. What we can do is to make the environment here so unwelcoming that some will choose not to come, and some may actually leave. One way is to pass measures that will restrict the “freedoms” that they think they will find here."
In 2012, the Concord Police Department applied for $258,000 in federal government funding to buy a Lenco BearCat armored vehicle for protection against terrorist attacks, riots, or shooting incidents. The application said, "Groups such as the Sovereign Citizens, Free Staters and Occupy New Hampshire are active and present daily challenges." The grant from the US Department of Homeland Security was successful and the Concord City Council unanimously approved of the grant, after having revised the application to remove references to those political movements.
originally posted by: centarixNo, why would you think that? I listed one example as an expansion of gun rights laws. Last year they passed legislation successfully to combat the heroin epidemic by enabling easier access to medication that treats overdoses. And I can go around to various neighborhoods and not be the odd one out as a Libertarian, so if that isn't a success then I don't know what is. The accomplishments may not seem like much to you but they are a hell of a lot more than libertarians can accomplish in other places. You also have to consider that only 2,000 people have moved so far.
that sort of intentional deassimilation seems extra cultish.
Its interesting, because I thought of the Free State Project as an anti-cultist mentality. These people live their own lives rather than the lives their government overlords assign to them. List off the features of a cult.
originally posted by: jaws1975
a reply to: theantediluvian
that sort of intentional deassimilation seems extra cultish.
So it is considered cultish to want to distance themselves from a society that has Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders as the presidential frontrunners?
originally posted by: theantediluvian
To me, that's perhaps the most disturbing aspect. That you feel that your ideological leanings make you so different from the average American that you need to congregate into enclaves to surround yourself with like minded people (who aren't mindless zombies) Even for libertarians, that sort of intentional deassimilation seems extra cultish.
The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States.
The short answer to your question is that the best way to vote is with your feet.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: centarix
Is this a white separatist moment? I've never heard of them.
Not necessary. There are 20,000 movers. If 400 of the 20,000 move to Grafton, NH that would be "their city" as its already the highest per-capita libertarian place in the world.
originally posted by: pirhanna
I think this would have been a lot smarter to work towards by picking a city / county and have libertarians slowly move there until they control all the county and city government. Then they have lawmen working for them and not against them.