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title: "As a member of the Free State Project, I don't feel bad at all about…"
date: 2016-12-31
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# As a member of the Free State Project, I don't feel bad at all about…

*December 31, 2016 · Facebook*

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As a member of the Free State Project, I don\'t feel bad at all about shifting the culture of New Hampshire in a more libertarian direction\--even though some of the more statist NH residents don\'t like it\--for the following reasons:\
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\* The non-libertarians currently in power don\'t seem to feel much compunction about overriding the preferences of the libertarians in their midst.\
\* The libertarians are not doing anything that the existing residents (or their ancestors) didn\'t do themselves at some point, such as move to the state, vote, and run for office.\
\* The libertarians aren\'t asking for \_more\_ power over their fellow citizens, but less.\
\* There are 49 other states where non-libertarians can go to find politics that matches their preferences. By contrast, assuming the FSP works, NH will be the only state where the politics match libertarian values and preferences.\
\* The existing residents set up the rules of the game, including the rules for changing the rules of the game.\
\* Rulesets with a strong bias for the status quo\--such as heavily weighting existing members preferences, the banning of newcomers entirely, or stringent indoctrination procedures\--often result in cultures that are rigid, fragile, and stagnant. Stifling the preferences of newcomers will result in change someday anyway, but in a less pleasant way (via revolution, collapse, or invasion).
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