No matter today's society, no matter a wide world of banana republics, no matter this, The Age Of Mass Psychosis, there are cracks.
Quite comfortable cracks for life and economy. However it does take some effort to find them and more to develop routes between, such more than justified by the rewards for the efforts.
> He did not dream of remaking the realm. A realm remade would require the sword, and the sword would have made him no different from the guild and the magistrate.
My version of libertarianism, one of many subsets, focuses on entrepreneurship: the ability to establish, grow, and sustain for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises (both of which rely on voluntary funding). I want more choices in the marketplace for everyone, particularly for working class folk who can't afford the same options as middle-class people to move to a higher price opportunity as needed. For example, my husband and I can afford to pay concierge doctors who don't take insurance. Not a choice for many people.
Also, I believe that before, or at least parallel to, efforts to take down government-supported services, we need to build alternatives so that the people who rely on the state for food, housing, and medical care, have choices already available. For example, we need to help remove laws and regulations that prevent people from creating affordable choices: deregulate home-based food businesses, remove building codes that don't measurably address safety, and allow for mixed zoning to encourage integrating small businesses into neighborhoods. What rules, codes, et al, are the reason we have food deserts in big cities and small towns - what prevents individuals from opening up grocery stores?
In my experience, successful entrepreneurs, who can create sustainable enterprises, tend to share a set of skills. For example, they can attract, build, and maintain a team, including employees and outside experts, meaning they have interpersonal skills. They are good at negotiation and managing conflict. They are relentlessly and unreasonably optimistic. They are honest, meaning they keep their word, and good-natured. They like people.
Being smart and having a vision and technical skills are not enough. Again, thanks!
At some point entrepreneurs might have to become TRULY subversive (i.e., operating in grey or black market spaces). The continued encroachment of the administrative state might make that necessary. We saw a preview of this with the Biden era debanking push against crypto developers and VC’s. At that point it will be necessary for the subversives to have a willing and available market who are also willing to skirt the law.
No matter today's society, no matter a wide world of banana republics, no matter this, The Age Of Mass Psychosis, there are cracks.
Quite comfortable cracks for life and economy. However it does take some effort to find them and more to develop routes between, such more than justified by the rewards for the efforts.
Amen.
> He did not dream of remaking the realm. A realm remade would require the sword, and the sword would have made him no different from the guild and the magistrate.
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Thank you! A little bit about my experiences.
My version of libertarianism, one of many subsets, focuses on entrepreneurship: the ability to establish, grow, and sustain for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises (both of which rely on voluntary funding). I want more choices in the marketplace for everyone, particularly for working class folk who can't afford the same options as middle-class people to move to a higher price opportunity as needed. For example, my husband and I can afford to pay concierge doctors who don't take insurance. Not a choice for many people.
Also, I believe that before, or at least parallel to, efforts to take down government-supported services, we need to build alternatives so that the people who rely on the state for food, housing, and medical care, have choices already available. For example, we need to help remove laws and regulations that prevent people from creating affordable choices: deregulate home-based food businesses, remove building codes that don't measurably address safety, and allow for mixed zoning to encourage integrating small businesses into neighborhoods. What rules, codes, et al, are the reason we have food deserts in big cities and small towns - what prevents individuals from opening up grocery stores?
In my experience, successful entrepreneurs, who can create sustainable enterprises, tend to share a set of skills. For example, they can attract, build, and maintain a team, including employees and outside experts, meaning they have interpersonal skills. They are good at negotiation and managing conflict. They are relentlessly and unreasonably optimistic. They are honest, meaning they keep their word, and good-natured. They like people.
Being smart and having a vision and technical skills are not enough. Again, thanks!
At some point entrepreneurs might have to become TRULY subversive (i.e., operating in grey or black market spaces). The continued encroachment of the administrative state might make that necessary. We saw a preview of this with the Biden era debanking push against crypto developers and VC’s. At that point it will be necessary for the subversives to have a willing and available market who are also willing to skirt the law.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/what-can-be-done
A fresh look at an old condition. Thanks.