The libertarian Free State Project was the subject of an article in The Economist this week. Below is a link to the full article as well as an excerpt. The whole article is a great read for libertarians.
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The FSP devised a pledge for activists to sign, by which they agreed to move to New Hampshire if 19,999 other libertarians made the same commitment. Once that critical mass was reached, FSP members pledged to make their own trek within five years. The FSP announced on February 3rd that the 20,000 target has been reached.
In the past decade 2,000 pioneers could not wait and moved anyway. A total of about 40 Free Staters have been elected to New Hampshire’s statehouse at various points …
Optimistically speaking, the Free State Project has done nothing for the Libertarian Party in New Hampshire, the party having gone down hill during the period the FSP has been in operation.