Update: Free State Project by Jason Sorens (written two decades ago) The ball is rolling! I’ve received over 200 responses to my essay in last week’s The Libertarian Enterprise, over 95% of them positive. So far 220 people have signed up for the email list I’ve created on Yahoo for announcements relating to the project. That means we are already…
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The Free State Project by Jason Sorens Note from the author (7/2/04): This article was the first exploration of the idea of a “free state strategy.” Needless to say, the present-day Free State Project differs from the proposals of this article in some respects. In particular, the article overemphasizes the possibility of secession. Nevertheless, I think it’s still of historical…
Continuing Jason Sorens’ article: I would like to propose a solution based both on my dissertation research and suggestions from commentators whom I respect: secession (or at least the threat of it). Walter Williams recently wrote in WorldNetDaily: Americans who wish to live free have two options: We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed to force America’s tyrants to respect…
The Free State Project started off with a reasonably clear sketch of a plan: A state with a Libertarian majority was to be created. That plan has been sabotaged by outside influencers. We start at the beginning, with a somewhat radical proposal by Jason Sorens. The proposal was soon to be moderately tuned down: Announcement: The Free State Project by…