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There is a great article on Libertarians and An-Cap style anarchists today in the post. It's about a "Gathering of the Juggalos" style event held by the New Hampshire "Free State Project" called The Procupine Freedom Festival The name comes from the idea of minding your own business (like the timid porcupine, or whatever) but defending yourself when provoked. Some Choice quotes: quote:This is the libertarian version of Burning Man., where a kumbaya discussion around the campfire goes something like this: Starts off pretty well with a complete, and willful, misunderstanding of taxes. quote:Once a year for the past 11 years, this campground in the northern part of the Granite State turns into a libertarian utopia. And this year, roughly 2,000 people — mostly white men — have paid between $45 and $100 to experience for one week what life would be like without the onerous mechanisms of laws, if the market ruled to the exclusion of all else. No surprise there. quote:There’s a kid having a bad trip in the bathroom, and in this hectic, anti-hierarchical festival, Eyre is the closest thing to an authority figure around. quote:Two girls huffing nitrous oxide from a balloon and a guy holding a needle come by. The guy with the needle says he has a chemical mixture that if injected will lessen the effects of hallucinogens. “I have the solution right in my hands,” he says. Eyre decides it’s a bad idea to inject the longhaired guy with a mystery drug — even if it could work in theory — and says he won’t allow it to happen.  quote:Anyone can act as a de facto security guard here, but members of the “Church of the Sword” — a group from Manchester that doesn’t focus much on worship but does start its meetings with a “ritual of combat” involving foam swords — constitute the only organized group. LARPing group providing security... quote:At an adjacent tent, a guy discusses the benefits of a paleo diet. If you stay healthy enough, he says, perhaps you can live long enough to make it to the “singularity” where you can live forever by tapping into artificial intelligence. Eat like a caveman, he says, so you can live long enough to become a robot. This is really the most poignant way of describing Libertarians and their I've ever read. The whole article is well worth the read, just full of absolute insanity and hypocrisy. The best part is when they talk about the literal "free market" in the center of the camp and how even the "live free of die" An-Caps end up enforcing rules for the good of their "free society". I can't help up wish I were rich enough to crash the gently caress out of this party. Move in with a literal security force and just gently caress with everyone. Buy out everyone's inventory, use my security to push out the other groups or just straight up buy out the other guys. Ruin everything they love about the even with the letter of the law and in direct opposition to the spirit of it.
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Jul 3, 2014 20:19
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^^But the War of Northern Aggression wasn't about slavery. It was about states rights!  ^^Bel Shazar posted:It should be August 20th and we can call it "Starting a Fight You Can't Win Day" Why August 20th?
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Jul 4, 2014 17:57
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Can someone post that great write up about how the civial was completely about slavery and not whatever wheasle topics are usually used? It had something to do with SC's confederate constitution or something.
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Jul 4, 2014 20:21
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On Terra Firma posted:I don't see how that makes any sense to anyone. Like, if you want people to "behave" how is that any different than government at any level pointing guns at you and hoping you "behave"? Do they not get how they are in their own little way a bit tyrannical? The majority of the country want background checks, but they're deathly afraid of the gun lobby (not out of fear of violent retribution) so nothing ever comes of it. Because reasons.
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Jul 16, 2014 15:20
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Amergin posted:EDIT: Beaten to it with a better explanation. You should just post this alone for the rest of time.
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Jul 21, 2014 22:32
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Shifty Pony posted:This piece from PRI's The World is simply something that you have to hear. That 12 year old probably had less of an idea about what she said than a parrot does when it says "hello".
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