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[–] yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social [S] -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Lol. A good satire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_Project

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

tl, dr - town adopted 'Libertarian' ideas and ended up attacked by bears.

[+] yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social [S] -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Your comment references the account of a book called A Libertarian Walks into a Bear. It's a great read, I recommend it!

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department would not let anyone in the state hunt the bears despite reports of attacks, so some local Grafton residents took it upon themselves to hunt them. Problem solved!

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"New Hampshire has the highest concentration of loud dickheads with inconsistent beliefs in the world"

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[+] yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social [S] -7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Here is link to the platform of the Libertarian Party..

It's mainly about protecting personal and economic liberties and limiting the expansive growth of government.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I am surrounded by libertarians. I do not need propaganda. US libertarians are just Republicans with a couple of minor tweaks, but they never shut up about being libertarians. Y'all are the vegans of the right wing.

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[+] yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social [S] -7 points 10 months ago

There are areas we agree with Republicans and areas where we agree with Democrats.

For instance, this year the Liberty Caucus joined with Democrats to pass several housing reform bills to stop local governments from preventing new construction. They also joined with Republicans to eliminate the vehicle inspections. Whichever party wants to get government out of the way is who they work with!

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[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Bunch of middle aged white guys get mad at government for having rules, eventually figure out that having rules is better than not. Hope they get to the end there and move on soon

[+] yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social [S] -6 points 10 months ago

I don't think we have figured it out yet. In fact, we keep removing government rules!

This year we eliminated vehicle inspections. Last year we phased out the Dividends and Interest Tax. I cannot wait to see how much government we can get rid of next year!

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[–] Maven@piefed.zip 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

You should read A Libertarian Walks into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town

[+] yodeljunkmanenvy@piefed.social [S] -6 points 10 months ago

I have read it. It is an excellent account of the Free Town Project in Grafton and the launch of the Free State Project in New Hampshire. I recommend it to anyone who wants to move and join us!

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of this classic.

I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the front seat of my privately owned police cruiser when a call came in. I put a quarter in the radio to activate it. It was the chief.

“Bad news, detective. We got a situation.”

“What? Is the mayor trying to ban trans fats again?”

“Worse. Somebody just stole four hundred and forty-seven million dollars’ worth of bitcoins.”

The heroin needle practically fell out of my arm. “What kind of monster would do something like that? Bitcoins are the ultimate currency: virtual, anonymous, stateless. They represent true economic freedom, not subject to arbitrary manipulation by any government. Do we have any leads?”

“Not yet. But mark my words: we’re going to figure out who did this and we’re going to take them down … provided someone pays us a fair market rate to do so.”

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 1 point 10 months ago