"We've had the rise of a dozen communist tyrannies a lot worse than Hitler."
Hence the " ".
"Which is why we need to advocate and show absolute non-violence."
If it doesn't exist, they will create it. (False flags)
"They had to allow US secession from the British Empire, and the crumbling away of all other colonies."
The only reason why they let that slide was because they got to install a Central Bank and take our money anyways. They could have easily crushed us in either war but what was the point if they could still tax our existence without destroying us.
"Even the Soviet Union had to break up when the faith in its benevolence was lost."
By that time, how many "libertarians" were forced into the gulags, robbed by the state, starved to death, or d) all of the above?
"I can only deny them the fruits of my own labor. I've been a tax resister since 2004. If even 5% of the population did what I did, socialism would be on its knees..."
- one world digital currency, there is no escaping the "system"
- if you live off the grid, you will probably be forced into labor.
We are on a head on head collision, and there is nowhere to hide this day in age. Secession will only be valid once the threat is eliminated.
"The answer is: brainwashing and blind faith."
The answer is external threats. There is a reason why the general public was sold on the global nanny state post WW2. We now lived in the nuclear age and we couldn't afford another rise of a "Hitler".
"then martyring them would make the government look bad."
Not unless the they get the consent of the other half of the population... There is a reason why we are bring labelled domestic terrorist. We are already subhumans to most hardcore leftist. It might red pill some leftist but by then it would already be too late. Look at any country prior to and during the beginning of any communist take over.
"It would at some point be in the politicians' short-term self-interest to let the secessionist activists go, and that would start the crack in the dam..."
That's exactly why they would never allow it.
The only chance we have of surviving the commies is by taking their funding and infrastructure. 100's of trillions of $$$ in wealth.
Secession can come afterwards.
And what kind of a force would break up all of the nation's? What kind of a force would prevent these nation's from coming together?
Are you ready to go to war?
Well it's truly a double edged sword. We've built the death star in the name of comfort and defense. Now the weapon is turned inward, because our government has been completely compromised to foreign interest, as its been for probably the last 100+ years.
What do you suggest? Dissolve the state? Can you speak Chinese?
"membership criteria and contractual rules."
That kind of sounds like another word.
Why not become Amish?
The problem is that the world is far too "small" these days to truly be libertarian.
The more I thought about succession, the more I realized occupation would be the end result. We would be to America, what Taiwan is to China. Can't have decentralization when there is global communist power(s) threatening to enslave every nation....
The only way we'll seen another truly libertarian society is after whatever fallout occurs from either WW3 // socialist "utopia" // neo feudalism we're about to plunge into.
I'm just saying we're too late in the game for something like that.
Maybe after the next war or so but the geopolitical landscape will have to radically change for something like that to work.
Not only could they squeeze you out of the global economy, but with current military pressures you would be subjugated within a week.
Look at china's reaction to the US reaching out to Taiwan. The same thing would happen to whatever ancap nation you'd create.