That's my answer to the OP. I've been at this for about seven years, and the problems have pretty much been the same throughout. Those, as I see it, are basically the reasons that we haven't been able to turn slow growth into rapid growth. If you try to diagnose and solve problems, you get a lot more negativity than positive results.
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Is that negative, or just rational?
Anyway, that's why I dedicate most of my time to just recruiting and helping new folks get into New Hampshire.
Take it with a grain of salt.
I mean who the hell says "negative norman"? I think you hit a number of issues, and the first step to solving a problem is to identify it. The drug one I'd never heard about. I guess I was confused by the tone, e.g. "many porcs" have left? I guess I hadn't caught wind of some mass exodus. For each point you identify, do you have a solution to suggest? It doesn't have to work. But "we" can sure use a lot more options.
BD, you haven't moved yet? WTF? New Hampshire is where it's at, dude.
The State of New Hampshire makes it very difficult for me to get a license in my field of work. That, and I was a passenger in a nasty car accident earlier this summer, which delayed my plans. I'll see ya'll in February.
I guess its just the Marine in me that is disappointed to see what is happening to the country I thought was worth defending, but the apathy people have is astonishing....sad
As a Marine, you know that genuine leadership is not run by a democratic process. One can only lead people to the extent they implicitly agree or are inspired to be led. Defined goals help. That is something the FSP does not create, because different participants think there should be "vastly different" goals and cannot agree upon the methods to achieve them. And as libertarians (broadly defined) people fight tooth-and-nail for their ideas and principles. As they should.
In actuality however, the various goals aren't that terribly far apart. There is no place ANYWHERE in the world where there are enough people meaingfully gathered (and planning to gather) to work for smaller, more efficient, peaceful government--regardless of the form it will take, or if at all. Many Americans think that'd be a good idea, but they don't have the cajones to make pay the personal costs to make it happen. Personally, I conceptualize that as the initial obstacle that the FSP's non-organization overcomes. And it does a fairly good job of remaining neutral on political positions so that any initial in-fighting won't tear the "migration" itself apart. That's just my personal opinion.
Wow, getting off topic, but ok.
More and more IT/tech folks have been talking about putting together a liberty IT/engineering/web development team. The issue seems to come up at every event. We have a lot of technical people interested in doing this, but there has been a shortage of business/management/accounting folks.
Goddammit, no more of this "have been talking about" crap! I've been hearing about it for years. Are you gonna do it or not?
Who's involved? Write the names down. What services can you provide? Write them down. Who are your customers? Write some done. If ya'll are done talking and ready to get serious, get a plan going. Write it down. Call me when you don't know what to do next, and I'll be happy to put the boot to you, medium-style.
