60,000 settlers in New Hampshire = 4.5% of the population
(This figure is 3 times the current count)
60,000 settlers in Wyoming = 12% of the population
What the Free State project lacks in practicality, they make up for it in principle.
I love it in principle, and the concept of a free state is absolutely worth considering!
In practicality, what is needed is a driving force to compel large swaths of ancaps and libertarians to migrate for a real chance at achieving stated goals.
Hope sells, but prudence wins. If there is even any shot at a free state, there needs to be some sort of incentive.
If you think about this pragmatically, it makes more sense to establish these settlements in Wyoming and edge our way up from there.
Why do I say this? The population of Wyoming is slightly over half a million people with one city having nearly a 5th of that.
A Libertarian/AnCap take-over would only need to draw from 20% of those in the Liberty movement that voted Libertarian in 2016 to be successful. (3MillionVoted)
So if 1 out of 5 that voted on principle knowing they had no chance of winning (sorry you know it's true), decided to follow in the tradition of the Oregon Trail, head to this unassuming Midwestern state...
Logistics:
250 Farms producing 1 million lbs of food each per year using advanced urban growing methods, including vertical farming.
750 acres of land for agriculture $340K + $660K for structures and tech
1.8 Billion for 2 Antminers per citizen (UBI of sorts)
30 Billion Total once you factor in the 3D printed houses for all 600,000 people including solar arrays and ample battery capacity
30,000,000,000 / 600,000 = $50,000
So how about this for an incentive?
For $50,000 you get a prefab 3D printed housing structure (shell), 200 KWH of battery storage capacity, a 10,000 Watt solar array, 2 Antminers
and access to unlimited access to fresh produce and locally sourced food from the state of the art agricultural facilities.
What does this mean? You still have to come out of pocket for some incidentals associated with building a house. You only get the shell. You take full responsibility for completing the structure. Plumbing, electrical, and other finishings are your responsibility. But other than those things, the idea is to have all the basics covered in a sustainable way.
Most people would love to be homeowners, let alone live in a high tech, green, free state with a built in income of .14 BTC per month.
How's that for incentive to move to a "free state"?
So whom among you have $50,000 for a life free of the electric monopoly, a modest but modern tiny house you can call your own, a small amount of bitcoin per month to cover other
incidentals and give you the freedom to pursue your interests and passions while having the clout and political capital to make a difference pushing liberty forward...
So that's where the Free State Project fell short. Incentive.
Economic migrants usually are looking for a few things when they are considering a move but I sincerely believe that if they saw what the distributed cost of feeding 600,000 people indefinitely, providing them infinite free electricity and a monthly bitcoin stipend; that they would at least be tempted.
For the uninitiated, it might interest you to know how I derived at my conclusion about some of these stats.
For $3000 US Dollars, you could purchase enough hashpower to yield .14 bitcoin monthly.
$3000 x 600,000 = 1.8 Billion dollars for that cost.
1.2 Billion to buy land, purchase state of the art tech, build the agricultural facilities.
27 Billion for 600,000 3D printed housing shells, solar arrays, batteries.
That's the distribution and 2/3 of that cost is in ensuring bountiful electric capacity in case anyone buys electric vehicles later.
Seriously. $50,000
That sounds like too small a sum but it is not. $50K might buy you a house somewhere in a run down neighborhood but you are still a slave.
$50,000 would buy financial freedom if somehow 600,000 Libertarians got together collectively and bought it.
Finishing a shell could run you up to 20K more and you can find electric vehicles from $8500 used to $35 new in the mass market price ranges.
For $100,000 you could have the technoAnarchist dream.
Electric mobility with infinite source of clean energy.
Your own land/house smaller but with no compromises.
Communal high tech farming to meet your dietary needs.
With no expenses other than Internet, your cell phone and insurance what would you do?
'Merica!
A few last minute considerations.
Wyoming has no state income tax and the lowest property tax.
On your investment, expect to pay less than $400 per year in property tax per year. Keep your income.
50K would buy you a shit ton of freedom if you leverage it with 599,999 others.
If you enjoyed my op ed, please upvote, share, donate! Who knows, we could actually make this happen. If you want to discuss how we can
tap into that 20% feel free to contact me.
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The image was sourced from USGS (Public Domain)