Ep 138: The Free State Project with Eric Brakey

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Alec Zeck

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 112 minutes

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In this episode, Eric Brakey discusses the principles of Libertarianism, the vision of The Free State Project, and how New Hampshire fosters a community rooted in liberty. He shares his experiences with political corruption, the challenges of grassroots movements, and why meaningful change starts at the state level. Learn about the Defend the Guard Legislation, voluntarism, and the power of local action in advancing freedom.

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Oh,
0:03.0	Oh,
0:04.0	and
0:05.0	The Eric Breaky is the executive director of the New Hampshire Free State Project,
0:42.4	a former three-term Maine Senator,
0:45.4	and the past Maine State Director of the Ron Paul 2012 campaign.
0:49.8	He is known as the author of Maine's constitutional carry law
0:52.9	and an advocate for libertarians
0:55.0	winning for office within the GOP.
0:57.7	So I want to open this by sharing a quote that comes from Jason Sorens and I want to sort
1:03.2	of discuss this quote first.
1:06.6	And this comes from his announcement of the Free State Project over 20 years ago.
1:12.8	Partisan politics has clearly failed.
1:15.6	Libertarian presidential candidates consistently fail to break the 1 to 2% barrier while no
1:20.2	libertarian candidate has ever won an election for federal office.
1:24.1	What is the chance that the libertarian presidential candidate will ever get 5% of the vote in the next,
1:29.6	early, next say, 20 years, virtually zero?
1:32.4	I bet the farm on that.
1:34.2	And what is the chance that libertarians will take over the presidency, the Supreme Court,
1:38.0	Congress, and enact their entire program?
1:40.2	One would have to be utterly delusional to consider the possibility so long as the U.S. political system exists in its current form.
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