Whats to prevent statists from moving in after us and destroying our good work?
There’s no guarantee that this won’t happen, but there are several reasons to think it improbable. First, once we’ve created a free-market economy with strong communities, people who want a free ride from the government are not likely to come. Second, over time the values of liberty should take hold in the population as a whole, so that any incoming statists would be overwhelmed. Third, after 20,000 people have moved into a small state, it’s not likely to be able to take many more for a few years. Fourth, even if the state could take more, there’s no reason to think that the people moving in will be statists and not anti-statists who are excited about what’s going on. Fifth, we can enact strict constitutional proscriptions (stricter than the ones in the current U.S. Constitution) that will effectively prevent the growth of another welfare state. Q: What about having the FSP buy some property and lease small plots to people who live out of state so that they can establish legal residenc
