I'm a minarchist and so I focused on the inside the system examples. Two of the media sources I mentioned Free Talk Live and the New Hampshire Free Press were started by vehement Ancaps.
There are plenty of people here who completely reject the authority of anyone calling themselves the government.
Being anti-state or not isn't what I was talking about, though that is part of it. By orientation, I meant more the way you approach interaction with the state, and even with the world, whether you oppose or support it. Think of it as an internal orientation vs an external one. Trying to change the world, vs trying to change yourself to better deal with the world. For instance, trying to preserve the external economic freedom to feed myself vs trying to acquire the ability to feed myself whether or not the freedom to use economic means to do so persists.
There really is no group think in the FSP as some try to allege.
I don't know if you mean me, but I'm not alleging it. I'm aware of the diversity of political persuasion in NH. I don't think there is much of a difference in orientation, though. I could be wrong.
I'm just trying to say that reaching out to the public and other sympathetic groups can help you get more movers.
I don't speak for FSW, but my impression of it, and the approach I hope is generally accepted, is not to get "more" movers, but to get quality movers. To the extent that more are sought, it is not sought primarily from "converting" the general public, but in convincing and assisting those already so inclined to choose Wyoming. Public "converts" are always a good thing, of course (assuming they really mean it), but again, here the difference is stark. The NH orientation is outward, get more people "on our side" so that there is an effective group with which to effect change. The WY approach is to carve out an effective niche of freedom and self-sufficiency so as to later attract more people to pile on - or not if that is what they choose.
Your approach sees people, including yourselves, as the means to a political end, my approach sees people, and myself, as the end to which all political activity is subservient.
I I've found that the greatest strength in the FSP is that there is such a diversity in what people are doing here, FSW might be able to benefit from that kind of diversity of thought and action.
I'd take offense at that, but I think it's not meant that way, rather is a reflection of your view of the world. You see "diversity" in various approaches to pursuing external change, and lump all other pursuits under the same category of "not doing what we're doing". I'd offer that what I've seen from FSW people, it is a far more diverse assembly. Everyone is pursuing their own means to their own ends individually, no two are doing it exactly the same way. They cooperate and share when appropriate and mutually beneficial, but none subsume their means and ends to the means and ends of the group. Yes, there's a plan, as elaborated in "Molon Labe", but that plan is both more comprehensive and detailed than the FSP plan, and more flexible in accommodating individual preferences, resources, and the transient nature of voluntary cooperation. The NH approach, while perhaps not monolithic, still collects people into groups to pursue common ends with common means in an open-ended time frame. That there are a multitude of such groups does not mean that there is more diversity overall.
The pushback you've seen here looks to me less like anger than a suspicion that causes people to avoid risking more than basic civility. Your phrasing, such as demeaning an interest in arms and self-sufficiency under the mild epithet "survivalism", even if just a reflection of a different world view - and perhaps more so, if that is what it is - is enough to make some here wonder about your good intentions.
One of the great things about freedom is that different people are able to handle things differently and others get to see what course of action seems most productive to them.
I agree with that. I believe we can and will each provide the other examples of methods, practices, and concrete results that can be educational.
