The director of The Free State Project and Maine legislator talks about the free state movement’s history, accomplishments, and future.

0:00 Ad: The Dispatch
1:05 Introduction
2:01 The Free State Project: a place for 'the libertarian diaspora'
5:00 Free State Projects’ political wins in New Hampshire
8:38 Free State Projects’ cultural wins in New Hampshire
10:20 Brakey’s priorities for Free State Project
11:07 Who are Free Staters?
14:11 Libertarian movement’s internal tensions
18:15 2024 election for libertarians
21:51 Ad: Bank On Yourself
23:43 Brakey’s history & accomplishments in Maine politics
26:15 Why are gun rights so important to libertarians?
27:06 Democrats & Republicans v Libertarians
29:20 Cannabis policy reform in Maine
30:47 Brakey’s history with Young Americans for Liberty
34:20 Are American elections rigged against Libertarians?
38:19 How to gauge Free State Project’s success?

https://reason.com/podcast/2024/07/10...

Today's guest is Eric Brakey, the new executive director of The Free State Project, a nonprofit that has been working since 2001 to get smallgovernment diehards to move to New Hampshire and make the Granite State a stronghold for libertarian ideas. Prior to becoming head of the Free State Project, Brakey was a Republican state senator in Maine, where he authored successful legislation that expanded gun rights, legalized overthecounter birth control, and enacted Right To Try legislation. Reason's Nick Gillespie talks to Brakey about the state of the libertarian movement, how Ron Paul and Young Americans for Liberty shaped his worldview, and how he hopes to concentrate what he calls "the libertarian diaspora" in New Hampshire.

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