I’ve traveled a wee bit. I like my country, but in many ways, it is inferior to others I have been to. I don’t feel I particularly owe it anything in the way of allegiance or loyalty.
I could learn to love a free country, regardless of the climate or geography. Being free is more important to me than acknowledging my history and the history of my ancestors with a particular state.
@all, I second the Liberty Colony idea. It’s possible that an exodus may at one point be the only option left to us. The world is certainly not getting less statist. Things are moving in the wrong direction, and while choosing to stand and fight might be honourable, it’s wise to pick the battles you can win. If you can’t beat the state, then change the game. Plus the entrepreneurial opportunities for a Liberty Colony could be tremendous.
Well in dozens of other threads, other people have conflated the Liberty Colony with Somalia, so based on prior posts and board prejudices, I would say that the Liberty Colony being brought up in a discussion on moving to Somalia is highly relevant.
After all, the goal behind the Liberty Colony as I understand it, is to create a framework and execute a plan to move to a particular locale (like Somalia) and establish a free territory. Thus it is in my opinion that the Liberty Colony is highly relevant to most if not all discussions on moving to a new territory and establishing a libertarian society.
You’re right, I’m off to go get my AK 47 and fly to Somalia as we speak. Don’t be so stupid. If I did want the US to become a stateless society what sense does it make me flying to Somalia? In any case it doesn’t follow that because Somalia can’t become a stateless society the US can’t, the situation in the two is entirely different.
If Max would be willing to limit his promotion of the LC to his own topics rather than using any mention of any country outside of North America to throw out the idea of the LC colony I would have no issue with it.
Max has not brought up the LC 1/10th as much as others have in other threads. Usually, it is brought up to personally attack him.
You’ve got nothing to stand on, when you have already introduced the LC as a topic and conflated it with Somalia in other threads. You have completely undermined any argument you can have against his promotion, when you use it as a tactic to attack him personally.
You’re confused here, he started using any chance to promote the LC far and attack the rest of us for “not doing anything” before I said anything about him doing so, how could it be the other way around?
I think you mean that the stakeholders and participants will decide amongst themselves where they will go. Personally, I’d like to see the LC attract several hundred potential stakeholders, and when the final location is decided upon, those who disagree, get their money back and do not have to go.
That seems pretty fair to me. Voluntary participation with a money back guarantee. Doesn’t get a whole lot more libertarian than that.