[News] Glenn Beck starting a Libertarian Paradise in Texas - he's gone Galt

[Charlie Don't Surf]

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/independence-park-be-glenn-becks-galts-gulch

paging GasBandit to the thread, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you going to go live with the only True American Libertarian Hero left?

 

[SpecialKO]

I love how all of these Galt projects in the media seem to rely on the idea that their literal tax-haven is going to become a Mecca to the faithful.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Sweet, a new Bioshock game.

 

[sixpackshaker]

too bad he won't Gault his way out of Texas. I hear the Guyana is beautiful this time of year.

 

[GasBandit]

Maaan, I wanted to come here and start a thread about this. Doh well.

As for would I go live there? Eh, let me know if they get that force field up, first. Otherwise, it's not smart to be the nail that sticks up the farthest right now.

 

[Frank]

If there're plasmids, I'll join.

How does one be both a Christian and an Objectivist?

 

[SpecialKO]

Maaan, I wanted to come here and start a thread about this. Doh well.

As for would I go live there? Eh, let me know if they get that force field up, first. Otherwise, it's not smart to be the nail that sticks up the farthest right now.

Well, it's hardly a new idea.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678720/...-start-libertarian-utopias-in-honduran-jungle

Also, there's the "Citadel": http://gawker.com/5975573/glenn-bec...ounced-plans-for-a-libertarian-commune-better[DOUBLEPOST=1358200132][/DOUBLEPOST]And this gutsy microstate is still at war with East Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Molossia

 

[GasBandit]

I'm not convinced that any nation, be it the US or Honduras or other, would really tolerate an independent entity within their borders if the chips really came down.

 

[SpecialKO]

It probably depends how independent they are and what they're planning to do.

I feel like the US government would have far fewer problems with GlennBeckistan than it did with the Republic of New Afrika.

 

[sixpackshaker]

...

How does one be both a Christian and an Objectivist?

I like how some US Bishops called Paul Ryan on that dichotomy.

 

[SpecialKO]

Sweet, a new Bioshock game.

You know, knowing how much Glenn Beck likes money, it would not surprise me if this were a guerrilla marketing campaign for Infinite.

 

[Zappit]

Man loves his country enough to build a separate country to avoid it, cut off media connections with it, rewrite its history, and reject its infrastructure. That's a patriot right there. I can only assume that his plan to show leaders "the truth" is a reeducation camp meant to subvert the American government...The GlennBeckian Candidate?

But damn, will he have to shill a lot of gold to raise that two billion.

 

[SpecialKO]

That's a patriot right there. I can only assume that his plan to show leaders "the truth" is a reeducation camp meant to subvert the American government...The GlennBeckian Candidate?

No, no, only liberals have re-education camps. They're called public schools. /s

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

No, no, only liberals have re-education camps. They're called public schools. /s

Liberal Arts Colleges. Look! It's right in the name!

 

[SpecialKO]

Liberal Arts Colleges. Look! It's right in the name!

...My...God....

They're all around us!

 

[Necronic]

How does one be both a Christian and an Objectivist?

A question every conservative since Goldwater has chosen to ignore.

 

[Bowielee]

We can joke about this, but this is how cults start.

 

[Bubble181]

I'm not convinced that any nation, be it the US or Honduras or other, would really tolerate an independent entity within their borders if the chips really came down.

Depends on your definition. South Africa seems to do just fine with Lesotho and Swaziland.

 

[Necronic]

We can joke about this, but this is how cults start.

You make it sound like Glenn Beck doesn't already have a cult

 

[AshburnerX]

Best case scenario? Glenn Beck humiliates himself with this and we all get a laugh.
Worst case scenario? Glenn Beck forms a cult, is a little too clever with the Kool-Aid and Nikes, then leaves the rest of us alone.

I really don't see how we lose with this.

 

[GasBandit]

Best case scenario? Glenn Beck humiliates himself with this and we all get a laugh.
Worst case scenario? Glenn Beck forms a cult, is a little too clever with the Kool-Aid and Nikes, then leaves the rest of us alone.

I really don't see how we lose with this.

Even worse scenario - Ruby Ridge 1992.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

yeah, despite my statement about wanting to punch right-wing pundits, I don't want them all to be cruelly gunned down by federal agents

 

[Zappit]

I don't think that happens. The guy has more of a Jim Jones vibe going on.

 

[AshburnerX]

I don't think that happens. The guy has more of a Jim Jones vibe going on.

Exactly. Glenn Beck has gone off the reservation, but his ego is massive and would never accept this kind of failure. He'd drink the Kool-Aid long before the Feds ever stormed the place... and that's assuming he didn't just blame it on FAKE AMERICA.

 

[SpecialKO]

Seeing as how GlennBeckistan is supposed to be a libertarian Disneyland, I suspect he would welcome federal agents in and give them a coupon for the museum.

 

[PatrThom]

GlennBeckistan

If we have to give it a name, I vote instead for GlennBeckisbad.

--Patrick

 

[Cheesy1]

If we have to give it a name, I vote instead for GlennBeckisbad.

--Patrick

Too bad "Turkey" is already taken.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Too bad the state of Misery is taken already too...

 

[Timmus]

Oh man whoever gets the contract to supply chalkboards and chalk to this tiny yet proud new nation is gonna be soooooooo rich.

 

[Covar]

Exactly. Glenn Beck has gone off the reservation, but his ego is massive and would never accept this kind of failure. He'd drink the Kool-Aid long before the Feds ever stormed the place... and that's assuming he didn't just blame it on FAKE AMERICA.

I think you mean he's gone on the reservation