> Whatâs the point of the FSP [Free State Project] if it pushes the worst statism?
Most voters are irrational, ill-informed, and systematically biased. They often demand impossibilities, such as low taxes and generous welfare benefits.
Therefore, politicians face strong pressures to be hypocrites.
Politicians who strive to be intellectually consistent often lose to politicians who don't care if they're hypocrites.
As politicians go, Osborne is better than most. While he pushes some bad legislation, he has also pushed for much benevolent legislation:
https://libertywin.org/index.php/Main_Page
Moreover, the logic of the FSP remains valid even if the movement has attracted some unprincipled folks/bad actors.
IMO, NH is still the best place for libertarians who want liberty in their lifetimes. But, to succeed, the principled libertarians have to move in sufficient numbers to overpower the bad actors:
"Good does not always triumph over Evil; and Evil does not always triumph over Good. But the active always triumph over the passive."
-- The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
![> Whatâs the point of the FSP [Free State Project] if it pushes the worst statism?
Most voters are irrational, ill-informed, and systematically biased. They often demand impossibilities, such as low taxes and generous welfare benefits.
Therefore, politicians face strong pressures to be hypocrites.
Politicians who strive to be intellectually consistent often lose to politicians who don't care if they're hypocrites.
As politicians go, Osborne is better than most. While he pushes some bad legislation, he has also pushed for much benevolent legislation:
https://libertywin.org/index.php/Main_Page
Moreover, the logic of the FSP remains valid even if the movement has attracted some unprincipled folks/bad actors.
IMO, NH is still the best place for libertarians who want liberty in their lifetimes. But, to succeed, the principled libertarians have to move in sufficient numbers to overpower the bad actors:](2026-02-04-fb-006-img01.webp)