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Yes, it would still be subject to the things mentioned, but everyone within U.S. jurisdiction already exists within that proverbial matrix anyway. This is just hunting for some more robust body armor...a defensive, bottom-up approach to hedge for risk of future individual rights encroachments in the general spirit of the existing lowest common denominator of belief here i.e. no one advocates initiation of force, but maintaining the legal right to defend oneself and private property within the bounds of the law (assuming law serves and not enslaves, that is).
Obviously, one of the tried-and-true tactics in corralling an uncooperative adversary is to wear them down or overpower economically - the supports of local infrastructure will more than likely hold, but with external forces in play, over time, the established crowd that has been comfortably unaware of the fiscal turbulence & drought (i.e. capital supply disruptions) traveling through the adjacent pipelines (i.e. bordering states), forcing many to seek out less toxic watering holes in the local crowd's backyard...the locals will find that the inflows cannot be dealt with by forceful removal (e.g. can't put em in a bucket and dump em off over the state line! Can't pull the stopper in the drain opening!) You can overpower them at the voting booth on the micro-level stuff if the numbers are there, but over time, who knows...
Basically I'm suggesting that the FSW incorporate as an
inter vivos, revocable private foundation, charitable lead, private annuity trust fund, or something else of the sort.
Now hear me out...
If FSW, as phobic to collective organization as we all are, could agree on a very loose repertoire of "product offerings" to put out in the local community to foster interest in the principles and activities of the libertarian movement, which would give rise to:
1) an operations branch - Rifleman shoots, homesteading, educational workshops on Ham radio, electronics & software (Linux emphasized), creative writing (Boston, there's your cue), etc...and generate revenues from such activities (up-front collection, donations, ChipIn funds on a FSW blog, wildlife rescue site, etc) gives rise to
2) the financing branch
...after costs of travel, materials, time, expertise, etc paid back to FSW members who put on such events, and marketing expenses (hopefully the net and local flyers take care of most of that)...the profits would be invested through
3) an investment branch - private investment company, not regulated by the SEC, only voluntary association and interpersonal contract. The investment portfolio could have three divisions common to all asset class investments: short-term (topped- or bottomed-out value plays on stocks or funds in commodities which investors have knowledge in), medium-term (trending stocks e.g. rare earths, oil & gas, etc), and, more immediately relative to the aims of garnering influence within local government...
long-term (local muni bonds [tax-free], dividend or interest-paying shares in mineral royalty trusts, etc). A conservative money & risk management algorithm, minding any requisite maturity dates for one or more company members' shares, would be paramount
- with this of course must come several substructures in the legal construction of the vehicle to protect other proverbial passengers, give them clear paths to entry & exit with minimal friction, etc...sounds like a lot, but people of principled understanding can frame up a structure without too many frivolous appointments and get the thing to serve its purpose without the roof falling on anyone's head.
...at first blush, this sounds like heresy for a libertarian/non-conformist-leaning forum I know
most of the effort in getting such a structure up would be the proverbial planning, grading, and foundation pouring, which would be a collaborative effort amongst the first crop of members to come forward with interest and resources to offer in helping to build the thing. Framing the structure in the trust would take some time, getting the plumbing loop logic for the financing and wiring the network of market exposure in FSW's circuit would be getting to the less intensive phases.
Shoot at this plane with whatever gun you want
Just tossin ideas around.
