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The little town in Texas that voted to put libertarians in charge is a decent cautionary tale. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-freest-lit
by stevenwoo 9y ago
The little town in Texas that voted to put libertarians in charge is a decent cautionary tale. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-freest-little-city-in-texas/ https://www.texasobserver.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-frees...
- prewett 9y agoAfter reading the article I'd say that the problems were caused primarily by personal conflicts. Any problems with libertarian philosophy did not have a chance to surface because they were completely swamped by the dysfunction of town leaders.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoThey tried to have their cake and eat it too. I think that played no small part. They incorporated as a town to save their way of life as an unincorporated community then got greedy and tried to to town things without a town budget.
- stevenwoo 9y agoA weird tangent - this may be the mother of all libertarian - libertarian conflicts - Nick Denton versus Peter Thiel. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/hogan-thiel-gawker-trial/554132/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/hogan-t...