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RE: Abolitionist Abstractions Ep 43: No, I will NOT join your damn political party!
Superb podcast. So far half in.
"Vote harder, vote harder!" I know James Corbett bursted out into it at sometime, but is there a meme for it? Would love it :D.
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https://steemit.com/voluntaryism/@startupsocieties/free-private-cities-the-future-of-governance-is-private-by-titus-gebel
As you were talking about buying cities, what do you think of this project? (Article is old but Titus is still working on it (everyone can imagine negotiating to get the right to privatize a city isn't really easy.) Not perfectly obviously but a step.
And the relevant site nowadays would be: https://freeprivatecities.com/
I like the idea of free trade zones and places for liberty lovers to live, but I don't believe we should be secluded economically (a ship or small island). We should also be as independent as possible, so a single city is bad. Cities are dependent on outside resources to run. I want to go to a place where we have fresh water, forest, etc. to survive indefinitely without outside trade required.
I understand your concerns. What I had in mind for purchasing a city, though, was more so just to be able to put many of the ideas into practice. There are definitely downsides to such a venture, as you have mentioned, but it seems that most people need real world examples in order to get on board with certain ideas. If a city was successfully purchased and run as a more free society, my hope is that it would encourage others to do the same and lead to a kind of panarchy spreading throughout, say, the USSA.
some people might argue Sandy Springs here https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=f8qFvo2qJOU or the FreeStateProject in New Hampshire for that matter.
That's not a bad idea. Have a bunch of people move to the same area, and once there petition the rulers to incorporate. Bam! You have a free trade city based on voluntary interaction.
autarky, absolutely understandable.
I definitely like these ideas and would love to see them explored more fully. Currently I am working on moving to the Midwest in order to purchase a large plot (100+ acres would be ideal) to set up a farm. After that, the goal is to start moving others in to create a sort of intentional community. While on a smaller scale than a city, I am still hopeful what this will provide a real world example for others to point to when the inevitable "Anarchy can never work!" crowd starts up with their naysaying.