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A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town - And Some Bears Author:Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling A tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears. — Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, they set their sights on Grafton, NH, a bar... more »ely populated settlement with one paved road.
When they descended on Grafton, public funding for pretty much everything shrank: the fire department, the library, the schoolhouse. State and federal laws became meek suggestions, scarcely heard in the town's thick wilderness.
The anything-goes atmosphere soon spread into the neighboring woods. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. And it all caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors: the bears.« less