How to secure a peaceful national divorce

A bibliography for secession

Also published at: Substack


As long as a single monolithic government tries to rule over 330 million people, many segments of the population will be unhappy no matter the outcome of the election.

IMO, if US citizens want to be governed by laws and leaders who share their values more often, we need to:

Here's some resources for those who want to investigate this strategy in more depth:

Online:

Ciudad Morazán: A Libertarian City Without Any Libertarians
https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/blog-posts/ciudad-morazan-a-libertarian-city-without-any-libertarians/

Free Private Cities
A New Operating System for Living Together by Titus Gebel
https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities-whitepaper/

Seasteading FAQ
https://www.seasteading.org/faq/

Announcement: The Free State Project by Jason Sorens (@JasonSorens)
https://web.archive.org/web/20060919124440/https://ncc-1776.org/tle2001/libe131-20010723-03.html

Books

"Seasteading" by Joe Quirk (@joequirkexults)
https://www.amazon.com/Seasteading-Floating-Environment-Liberate-Politicians-ebook/dp/B0176M400A/

"Free Private Cities" by Titus Gegel (@titusgebel )
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Private-Cities-Governments-Compete-ebook/dp/B0CKM78NCM/

"Breaking Away" by Ryan McMaken ( @ryanmcmaken)
https://mises.org/online-book/breaking-away-case-secession-radical-decentralization-and-smaller-polities

"Entrepreneurial Communities" by Calvin Duke:
https://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurial-Communities-Calvin-Duke/dp/1944298770

"Texit: Why and How Texas Will Leave The Union by Daniel Miller" (@TheTexianDM)
https://www.amazon.com/Texit-Texas-Will-Leave-Union/dp/1948035022

Pioneering Prosperity: The Morazan Model for Free Cities by Joyce Brand (@JoyceBrand12 )
https://www.amazon.com/Pioneering-Prosperity-Morazan-Model-Cities-ebook/dp/B0D35M23W5/