A Candid World
The phrase “a candid world” is one you don’t hear very often. Its one notable occurance in history to date has been very notable, though. That occurance is as the addressee of a letter, if the US Declaration of Independence is thought of as an open letter of explanation from the Colonies regarding why they were revolting.
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
It is now also, though, the name of an upcoming documentary about the Free State Project. Watch the trailer.
I approve of and salute the civil disobedience, public education and other non-electoral efforts of the libertarian activists in New Hampshire.
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Learn more about the documentary project at: http://candid-world.com/
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It seems apparent to me that despite the Free State Project’s reformist origins, it has inadvertantly created a pretty strong foundation for counter-economic subversion. Having that many libertarians and libertarian-lites together in one area makes it easy to find trading partners, and fosters a cultural environment in which people are more sympathetic, allowing some things to be done more openly than they otherwise could (kind of like the attitude toward pot in San Francisco or British Columbia).
On the hand, New Hampshire may have fewer entrepreneurial incentives in the first place because of it’s repuation as a “restrained government”. There’s no general state sales tax, and no personal income tax. Property taxes are high, but I imagine it’s harder evade those than the former two; can’t make your house invisible.
Taxes are of, course, only one part of the picture. There’s other regulations than ban activities outright or make them more capital intensive through licensing hoops and whatnot. The activist giving the manicure illustrates that well enough. I imagine their dairy farmers and rachers could benefit from shirking FDA madates.
I’m not sure what steps would be the right ones in their situation. Maybe some activists could focus their talents on creating enterprizes or orient their agitprop around practical counter-economics. Perhaps they can hammer out some common dispute-resolution mechanisms that others can borrow and use.
We could really do with some hard near-future science fiction depicting Italy, Somalia and New Hampshire as the the first nascent agoras, helping to undermine the world order.