Edward Snowden Keynoting Free State Project's Liberty Forum Today & Tomorrow

Whisteblower will be interviewed by Reason's Nick Gillespie.

I'm off to Manchester, New Hampshire for The Free State Project's annual Liberty Forum. The big draw this year is an appearance via the Internet of Edward Snowden, the national security whistleblower whose revelations continue to astonish and disturb us all.

As Anthony Fisher noted recently, FSP recently reached its goal of getting 20,000 people to commit to move to New Hampshire over the next five years. The goal of FSP is to influence politics in a libertarian direction while getting on with the business of living their lives in an atmosphere of maximal social and economic freedom.

Besides moderating the conversation with Snowden, I'll be reporting on the scene and the vibe now that the great migration is officially underway. As Brian Doherty has written, about 2,000 FSP members are already in New Hampshire and they've already effected change:

Over 1,900 Free Staters already are there and we've reported here at Reason on some of what they're already accomplished, from getting 15 of their brethren in the state House, challenging anti-ridehail laws, fighting in court for outre religious liberty, winning legal battles over taping cops, being mocked by Colbert for heroically paying off people's parking meters, hosting cool anything goes festivals for libertarians, nullifying pot juries, and inducing occasional pants-wetting absurd paranoia in local statists.

.At last year's Liberty Forum, we interviewed Overstock CEO and Bitcoin/blockchain enthusiast Patrick Byrne. Take a look/listen:

Comments

[Kevin Sorbos Manful Locks]

I can finally boast that I came first.

[UnCivilServant]

The porn thread's further down the front page.

[BearOdinson]

I am not sure why you are boasting. That is my wife's primary complaint about me!

[Slammer]

Patrick Byrne is a 1970s sex cult commune guru?

[BearOdinson]

No shit. Other than the Koch bros (and they are so rich and hated by the left, they don't count) don't we have anybody publicly who is somewhat in sync with libertarian values who doesn't look like either a lounge lizard or a tinfoil hat nutter?

[dantheserene]

I'm sure many non-libertarian types would think that combination sums up libertarians quite nicely.

[Kevin Sorbos Manful Locks]

Best (and only) example I can think of is Kurt Russel.

[DEATFBIRSECIA]

Drew Carey.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Whisteblower will be interviewed by Reason's Nick Gillespie.

You can't spell "traitor" without "reason".

[UnCivilServant]

You're taunting the pedantic, aren't you?

[Rich]

taunting the pedantic

Nice album name.

[Bob Meyer]

I wonder what will happen to the Free State Project when statists start burning huge dollar signs on their lawns?

Seriously, look at how totally idiotic New Hampshire is. Their national representatives are arguably among the worst. Look at their Freedomworks ratings. Rand Paul couldn't get 4% there. His father did much better but that was not due to libertarians, it was due to nihilists who supported Ron but later abandoned Rand to support Trump, the Dr Destructo of liberty.

Hating the state isn't the same as favoring liberty. Someday libertarians will understand that.

[Mongo]

Latest tweet from Snowden:

gonna attack the rim of jojo kiss like zach lavine in the nba allstar game lolol #betweenthelegsjam

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