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This was not “the law’ that shut down Skylar Roberts and company. These are thugs. Every human being is free to engage in economic activity as she or he sees fit. When other people force your decisions upon you, that is exploitation and slavery. The bottom line here is that two or three big people with guns stopped 3 young girls from achieving their goals in a peaceful way. That’s the only thing that matters.

My son sold lemonade at the Porcupine Freedom Festival in Lancaster, New Hampshire last month. He reached his goal. He proposed a business and made it happen (we helped him of course). He served lemonade fresher, purer and healthier in a serving size and for a price you simply can not find elsewhere. His customers raved about the product! And sent more customers.

He earned not just dollars and silver, but also self-confidence and self-esteem. He proposed and he disposed. For a 5 year old, that’s quite a life lesson and I can already see the change in him. Every day he is proposing more and more productive projects.

The thugs in this video stopped these girls from reaching that very worthy goal. This needs to stop. I propose a national, nay, international, union of child lemonade vendors. Together and in contact, we can network. We can be stronger. When the police come to shut you down, we can flood them with phone goals and publicity. Cockroaches don’t like sunlight, but lemons certainly do!

Who wants to lead this project?

We demand that Barack Obama ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington. – Adbusters

Adbusters is “a global network of culture jammers and creatives working to change the way information flows, the way corporations wield power, and the way meaning is produced in our society.” Sounds cool. And they’re calling for 20,000 people to occupy the capital of the financial world (Wall Street) Tahrir-square style. (By the way, those fine Egyptians are *still* in Tahrir square.) Kickass!

Their goal? That Barack Obama appoint a presidential commission. Seriously, these trend-setting creatives couldn’t imagine a bolder goal? Something to justify a 20,000 person sit-in in the capital of the world?!

Here’s an idea. End government privileges for corporations. All of them. Including limited liability, subsidies, incorporation, you name it. The whole ball of wax. And end government control of our economic life. And end all government controls on our ability to hold businesses accountable for their actions. No more government running interference. A complete separation of government and economic life. Or, to keep it simple, no more government, period. That should do it. What say you?

The FSP (Free State Project) is an open source solution for how to achieve more liberty. – Carla Gericke

New Free State Project (FSP) “president” Carla Gericke posted on Facebook today that the FSP is an open source project, or something. That is simply false. An open source project can admittedly take many forms but it must be producing something for release under a liberal license that permits reuse and remixing.

What about Free Keene (FK)? They produce videos and blog posts and pamphlets that anyone can use as they like. Amen. FK qualifies. But it’s not part of the FSP. FSP central planners are very clear. The FSP does nothing in New Hampshire except the winter Liberty Forum and summer PorcFest.

And the FSP elite religiously refuse to release budgets for these events or for the whole FSP corporation. Lack of transparency is not something I expect from a good open source project. Also, at Liberty Forum, if not PorcFest, videotaping of the event is discouraged. Free videotaping of speakers is one remixable receivable of value the FSP could deliver. This should really change.

What does a real liberty-oriented open source project look like? Check out the previously-mentioned Free Keene. I humbly submit my Op Common Sense project as well. Individuals are invited to participate and the deliverable is the pamphlets. They’re fully remixable and reusable.

We need more open source ethos on our path to liberty. But let’s not toss around the term like a buzzword. Let’s make it really happen.

The ability to access broadband internet is a right, and should be defined as an essential utility. Just as you’re surprised when you flick a light switch and the light doesn’t come on so are you surprised when the internet goes away in your house. The internet is used for communication, entertainment, business – an entire panopoly of humor endevours. Just as there are protections to keep water and electricity flowing to your house, so should the internet be protected. – Andre Vrignaud

Comcast doesn’t want to do business with Andre anymore because, according to Comcast, he uses their service too much. They don’t want his money. He is cut off, like a disobedient child. There are no other broadband alternatives available where Andre lives.

His solution? Make broadband a “right.” FAIL.

Sorry, Andre, I get how wrong this is, but using force against Comcast (via a government rule) is not the solution. The solution is to stop Comcast from using the forced privileges government has granted it. I won’t go into them all, because there are so many. But Comcast wouldn’t enjoy monopoly status in your (and many other areas) without its government-granted privileges.

TL;DR: Stop making rights. Start rolling back corporate privilege so there can be more options.

Though I am concerned that these customers appear to be treated so poorly by the company that they voluntarily pay to take care of them. Oh wait! LOL socialism. (in reply to a video called Scumbag Police:Bodyslams 84 yrs old lady with Alzheimer’s) – Manuel Lora

Manuel was attempting some sarcasm here, since in market anarchist circles we advocate voluntary police services. IOW, services that are accountable and you aren’t forced to pay for, unlike now. But he mistakenly equates the police of 2011 to socialism. This is not correct. This is a form of fascism, or authoritarianism.

The concept that there could be a difference between state socialism and stateless socialism blew my mind at first. If we can have state capitalism and stateless capitalism, why not the same distinction for socialism? You bet, it’s a feasible concept. In fact, I enjoy a form of voluntary socialism in my family. We have our personal possessions but our property is held in common.

All I could think was, “OMG.” What a great artist this guy is! Via Andrew W.

Here are 13 video interviews with liberty activists.

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How I Live Anarchy Every Day

February 23, 2011 — 1 Comment

You can’t possibly live anarchy under the state. Or can you?

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Listen carefully to what cops say when they question you. You might be able to just walk away.

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Prepare to be shocked by this Frontline documentary.

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