KTK, I apologize for hijacking your thread. I'm not "fishing." Believe me. I'm as reluctant to use the web as you are, if not more so. This is one of exactly two websites that I use. This is also the reason that I have foregone introducing myself on the forum. I make a habit of keeping my personal information as personal as possible. I hope this doesn’t come as an affront to others on the forum, but I figure when I arrive and meet some folks in person, they can get to know me then. And of course you can glean some information from those thoughts I do see fit to post. But once I get to Wyoming, my use of the forum will most likely drop to near zero.
It seems that our individual intentions are very much aligned in terms of making a break for WY. While I think your assessment of the goals of the so-called movement, for a much appreciated lack of a better term, is accurate, I’m just curious to hear from some of those already in the state what they foresee for the future. I assume most anyone who might be reading this is aware of the light to medium duty totalitarianism on display in our nation already. Information is being controlled. The citizens are being monitored. And constitutional rights, what were those again? It seems clear that likeminded people congregating together in a remote territory and practicing self-sufficiency stand a better chance of dodging the oppressive arm of the police state than those trapped in Los Angeles or New York City. But are they better off anywhere in the US than someone in, say, a third world country in South America with a barely functional government? If gigantic, overbearing government is the enemy of liberty wouldn’t it seem that small, infantile, ineffectual government is better?
Obviously Wyoming is the site of the Free State phenomenon for a reason, and I’m looking forward to experiencing it for myself. But lately I’ve been wondering: what do some of the Free State folks intend to do when Big Brother upgrades from the fine 100-grit sandpaper, totalitarian rubdown that we’ve been receiving for the past several decades, to the full scale 15-grit electric belt sander stripping to the bare metal that we’re due for in the not-too-distant future? I know the fine folks here will tell me that each person can only speak for themselves, and that they have no collective plan per se. But I’d just like to know what plans, if any, some of you folks out there have for the inescapable population lock down for which we’re all headed. Do you think the mountainous and inhospitable terrain of Wyoming will provide enough cover for those who refuse to be corralled as human cattle? Or will you have to engage in guerilla style anti-aircraft attacks against the drone planes patrolling all of North America?