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How Hackers Will Help Build a Libertarian 21st Century

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“The internet itself is a formidable product of individual unilateral free human action. This is very important to remember. Twenty years ago we imagined flying cars, we didn’t imagine the internet as it happens to exist today.  So what is the internet today? I’ve tried to do this, but before I give you my wording and conclusion, try to think of the internet this way:  It is a medium, by which people with a very low barrier of entry——it is very easy to connect to the internet, it is very low cost to use the internet, it is very easy technically also to contribute to the internet——so it is a medium of exchange that allows the exchanged good to flow freely.”

http://isil.org/how-hackers-will-help-build-a-libertarian-21st-century/

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How should states fight the NSA? Turn off the water, say some

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“Two California state senators have introduced a bill that would stop state agencies from assisting the National Security Agency to collect ‘any electronic data or metadata… not based on a warrant.’  In addition to stopping state agencies and officials from helping with warrantless surveillance, it would ban corporations that do business with the state from offering such assistance. That could leave the large telecom companies in a legally difficult position: following orders from the federal Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court would put them them in violation of state law.  Another proposal pushed by the Tenth Amendment Center is the idea of barring the NSA from recruiting at public universities.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/how-should-states-fight-the-nsa-turn-off-the-water-say-some/

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Some NSA Opponents Want to ‘Nullify’ Surveillance With State Law

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“The activists would like to turn off the water to the NSA’s $1.5 billion Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah, and at other facilities around the country.  Dusting off the concept of ‘nullification,’ the coalition plans to push state laws to prohibit local authorities from cooperating with the NSA.  Draft state-level legislation called the Fourth Amendment Protection Act would – in theory – forbid local governments from providing services to federal agencies that collect electronic data from Americans without a personalized warrant.  The city of Bluffdale is reportedly charging the NSA a rate of $2.05 for every 1,000 gallons of water, significantly less than the typical rate.”

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/03/some-nsa-opponents-want-to-nullify-surveillance-with-state-law

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The Crypto-Wars: Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Transaction

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“Trace Mayer is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist, monetary scientist and ardent defender of the freedom of speech with degrees in Law and Accounting. He has studied Austrian Economics focusing on the work of Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises and operates the privacy blog How To Vanish. He serves on the Editorial Board for the Bitcoin Magazine which receives millions of visitors per year and has presented on Bitcoin, both objectively and persuasively, to a wide variety of audiences including members of the Federal Reserve, Bundesbank, major financial institutions, HNWIs, IRS, FBI, conferences and many others.”

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‘Economist’: Europe’s Politicians Need to Tame the ‘Net Reformation

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“What is going on has only happened once before in quasi-modern history and the results echoed for centuries. People were exposed to new information and decided the old paradigms were false ones, designed to control them. The results had little to do with refining normal command-and-control structures. Eventually, the elites abandoned the Divinity of Kings and substituted, over time, regulatory democracy. Now it is the turn of regulatory democracy to wither. Too much is known about its falsity and the false historical narratives that accompany it.  People are discovering that what they have learned from childhood forward is not the truth, not even a semblance of the truth.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/34884/Economist-Europes-Politicians-Need-to-Tame-the-Net-Reformation/

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Marching Toward Smaller Government

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“A secession effort is afoot in my hometown, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Few people understand just how profound this movement is … for it speaks to why America’s days are numbered.  In November, five counties in Colorado voted to secede and create a new state. Exasperated citizens in southern Arizona want to create Baja Arizona. And just this month, a well-heeled venture capitalist in California submitted sober plans to break his state — the single most dysfunctional political body in America — into six separate and more manageable states.  These are not movements defined by race or money. They’re not tied to a particular political platform.”

http://thesovereigninvestor.com/2014/01/03/marching-toward-smaller-government/

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The 124 states of America

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“Secessionist movements are all the rage these days. A handful of counties in Colorado tried to secede from the rest of the state earlier this year.  There’s an attempt to create the State of Jefferson (northern California/southern Oregon) via ballot initiative in 2014.  And there’s plenty more.  What would the U.S. look like if all of the secession movements in U.S. history had succeeded?  Well, Mansfield University geography professor Andrew Shears built a map to answer that question. (It covers secession movements through the end of 2011.)  His 124 states of America is below.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/31/the-124-states-of-america/

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2013: The Year Defiance of the State Became Cool

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“Information freedom activist Aaron Swartz took his own life under threat of a brutal prison sentence. Revealer of inconvenient government secrets Bradley/Chelsea Manning actually ended up in prison. And surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden went into exile in Russia to escape what promised to be a ‘fair’ trial followed by a first-class hanging. But tough consequences aren’t unusual for people who defy the state. What was different and encouraging was how many people rallied behind Swartz, Manning, Snowden, and other rebels, explicitly siding with them over the government, in opposition to the powers-that-be.”

http://reason.com/archives/2013/12/31/2013-the-year-defiance-of-the-state-beca/print

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2013 was a year for American rule breakers

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“Some people change their societies by being elected to high office or rising to lead powerful institutions. But others use more direct methods: They do what they think is right, without worrying too much about the rules, and hope that their example will change public attitudes and, eventually, the rules that govern society.  2013 was a big year for this kind of insubordinate idealist. While few took the kind of immense personal risks that Snowden did, people willing to defy authority, social convention, and the law have changed how we think about everything from the nature of love to the future of our financial system.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/31/2013-was-a-year-for-american-rule-breakers/

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Utah Gets Ready To Do Without the Feds

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“Like most westerners, Utahns are pissed about federal control of land and purse strings. Unlike most, though, they seem serious about reshaping that relationship.  In 2012, Utah passed the Transfer of Public Lands Act, essentially demanding that the federal government surrender the two-thirds of the state controlled by Washington, D.C. Other western states are considering similar measures, but Utah paved the way.  But Utah is preparing to go a step further and plans for a future that isn’t funded by federal largesse. The state passed a series of bills as part of a Financial Ready Utah movement.  Utahns foresee a day when whatever they want done will have to be paid by local funds.”

http://reason.com/blog/2013/12/26/utah-gets-ready-to-do-without-the-feds

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