The Free State Project. What's in it for me?
Most of my friends outside the libertarian movement are sensitive to removal of more and more of their basic liberties—from taxes to subjecting their children to drug searches at government schools. One of their least favorite government intrusions is mandatory seat-belts:
"How can they do this in a free country!?" they protest.
Well, Virginia, I'll tell you. America is not a free country, not by any stretch of the imagination.
A free country doesn't arrest half a million of its own people every year for adult, recreational drug use.
A free country doesn't keep a million people in prisons and jails for victimless crimes.
A free country does not transfer trillions of dollars from its citizens to corporate-state welfare chiselers.
Finally a free country does not invade other countries; kill, maim, and imprison the people of other countries; and shed the blood of its own soldiers based on utter lies. The freedom ship has sailed. The Free State (FS) is all about citizen empowerment and launching the next ship. On the simple biological level, what's in it for us?
• The FS has no general sales tax • The FS has no state income tax • You can openly carry a pistol more...
"A free country doesn't arrest half a million of its own people every year for adult, recreational drug use."
Ever have one of these "adults" break into your house and steal your possessions? Happened to me twice. Police caught him at some point and jailed him. Too late for my possessions though. Sold off in some year long garage sale to who knows who. Answer to your rhetorical question is yes, Virgil, we do arrest drug using scum who steal to support their habit.
(Don't ask me about users who screw up their minds and put their children in ovens or microwaves, or women who prostitute themselves for money to feed their "recreational" habit.)
Tell me: Are Libertarians more frequently-offended than Muslims?