How would 'charter cities' work?

[@jean-sebastienbasque-girou633]

Milton Friedman didn't say that economic freedom "leads" to political freedom, he said that it's a necessary condition, not a sufficient one

[@acctsys]

That cannot be emphasized enough. Also, rule of law is something he emphasized in his later days.

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

This is missing a much-needed intro where they explain what they heck they're talking about.

[@ArjayMartin]

tattoos look masculine on females...

[@NotDanValentine]

Really interesting conversation! I'd be eager to hear more about charter cities.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Where would this be?? To avoid all layers of punitive-state jurisdictions.

[@aithaed9818]

If I had to offer a wild guess, probably that one place in Yellowstone where govt. jurisdiction laws make you unable to be prosecuted in court.

[@bogeybichon7000]

Prospera, Honduras.....experimental libertarian development

[@ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER]

literally anywhere..... the fictional beliefs of others, aka "the law" is irrelevant.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

@@ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER Come out of fantasy land and meet us in the actual world to discuss the actual world. Or don’t comment publicly at all. One or the other.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

@@aithaed9818 it’s within the US jurisdiction. And made for environmental reasons.

[@evphex]

Who the hell would argue that people don’t mind being surveilled? The guy with cat ears on his head.

[@ethangroat8333]

If you think that everyone cares about privacy, you've never lived in a modern democracy or you're seriously deluded. People want all kinds of crazy shit.

[@RussellNelson]

Did you mind being surveilled by your parents? Privacy is like everything else: a tradeoff, not a solution. (Thank you Dr. Sowell)

[@FourthRoot]

At 4:30 he talks about "transfering proxies" in an alternative form of democracy, which is earily similar language to a video I made in 2010. Nice to see my idea is starting to catch on.

[@JS-ol4dx]

My guess would be something like China

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

No. That wouldn’t avoid the punitive state jurisdiction, and taxes, of China itself.

[@wurzel9671]

​@@user-wl2xl5hm7kYou're missing the point

[@hoosierdaddy1469]

Love the idea of "charter cities" however one of the biggest issues I forsee is supply chain. The current government wouldn't allow this in prepopulated areas. It would have to be out in the middle of nowhere. No functioning water, sewage, electricity, fuel, etc.. But people would still need resources and everything would be a drive even for basic resources like cement or wood much less processed resources like food and clothing. Think what takes just to build a gas station to fuel tractors for moving earth.

[@bobann3566]

Sounds like a Direct Democracy. Block chain Technology would make a Great Voting Platform in a Direct Democracy.

[@YouilAushana]

13:22 - So, is this a conversation economics of "charter cities" or what?

[@swayne1441]

This is the worst idea I think I've ever heard

[@RussellNelson]

You're the worst person I've ever heard from. And that includes Ted Kaldis!

[@brentwells8963]

😂😂

[@bobann3566]

Sounds like a Direct Democracy. Block Chain Technology would make a great Voting Platform in a Direct Democracy.

[@NoShowShattuck]

This is the longest SNL skit ever.

[@acem82]

If you want "Libertalia", it's simple: Recognize the 2nd amendment. I want to be able to do full auto mag dumps without asking government permission. If you can't do that, I'm not interested. If you can do that, you'll be flooded with applicants.

[@RussellNelson]

New Hampshire.

[@acem82]

@@RussellNelson Yeah, no. I still have to ask permission to buy/build it. No thank you. Again, you want people moving there? Get government out of the way of the "good times" (the pew pews).

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

It's been tried. I'm not so opposed to wild and wooly libertarians scoping out their own potential site for a charter city somewhere in the vast US hinterlands, but the fact that noone really ever does it (or has done it successfully) suggests there's a lot less buy-in for such a project than might be let on by polling and survey data. The other model, libertarians moving en masse to a small jurisdiction and effectively taking over it's governance by force of sheer numbers, this has also been a failure, and I tend to have less sympathy for this approach.

[@ethangroat8333]

They're talking about starting up a city voluntarily where it is financially viable to do so. The options are limited right now but it is being done around the world, especially in the global south, and as the African continent becomes richer with access to Bitcoin and other symbolic representations of property ownership, this will only increase the opportunities for startup cities. It's almost like you didn't listen to the video at all.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

@@ethangroat8333 You're right, I didn't.

[@RussellNelson]

Free State Project has not been a failure. It is taking longer than anybody wanted (except the progressives, of course. Is there any other state where the progressives are fighting the libertarians? No, because NH is the only state where libertarians are worth fighting). Everything good takes longer than you want. Bad things happen faster than you want. Welcome to the real world.

[@bobann3566]

Sounds like a Direct Democracy. Block chain Technology would make a Great Voting Platform in a Direct Democracy.