By Christian | | Posted in Politics 5068 Views, 95 Total Votes, 66 Anonymous Votes
This list was inspired by Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute. Many of the options here can be read in his article "Secession Begins at Home" at https://mises.org/ko/library/secessio...
Finding your own sources of information in this internet age. Taking advantage of a luxury previous generations did not enjoy.
2
Educating Yourself
8
0
Net: 8 Score: 100%
Educating yourself using online learning platforms, obtaining technical credentials, or simply by reading as much as you can.
3
Reading Economics & Libertarian Books
7
0
Net: 7 Score: 100%
4
Owning Bitcoin
6
0
Net: 6 Score: 100%
5
Rejecting Mainstream Academic Institutions
6
0
Net: 6 Score: 100%
Seceding from college by rejecting mainstream academia.
6
Rejecting Mainstream Newspapers
6
0
Net: 6 Score: 100%
7
Spreading the Message of Liberty
6
0
Net: 6 Score: 100%
Seceding from intellectual isolation. Talking to like-minded friends, family, and neighbors — whether physically or virtually — to spread liberty and cultivate relationships and alliances. The state prefers to have us atomized, without a strong family structure or social network.
8
Standing Up to the State
6
0
Net: 6 Score: 100%
9
Being Prepared for Disasters
5
0
Net: 5 Score: 100%
Resisting being reliant on government in the event of a natural disaster, bank crisis, or the like.
10
Questioning Medical Orthodoxy
5
0
Net: 5 Score: 100%
Secede from the state healthcare racket by taking control of your health, and questioning medical orthodoxy.
11
Rejecting Mainstream TV Programs
5
0
Net: 5 Score: 100%
Seceding from mainstream media, which promotes the state in a million different ways. Ditching cable, ditch CNN.
12
Organizing Your Finances to Pay Lower Taxes
4
0
Net: 4 Score: 100%
Seceding from the federal tax and regulatory regimes by organizing your business and personal affairs to be as tax efficient and unobtrusive as possible.
13
Homeschooling Your Children
3
0
Net: 3 Score: 100%
Seceding from state control of your children by homeschooling or unschooling them.
14
Not Having a Defeatist Attitude
3
0
Net: 3 Score: 100%
Seceding from the mindset that government is all-powerful or too formidable an opponent to be overcome. The state is nothing more than Bastiat’s great fiction, or Murray’s gang of thieves writ large. Let’s not give it the power to make us unhappy or pessimistic.
15
Owning Precious Metals or Assets Abroad
3
0
Net: 3 Score: 100%
Seceding from the US dollar by owning physical precious metals, by owning assets denominated in foreign currencies, and by owning assets abroad.
16
Using Direct Pay Health Services
3
0
Net: 3 Score: 100%
Secede from the state healthcare insurance racket by taking control of your health, or using Direct Pay Health Services.
17
Become Self-Sufficient
2
0
Net: 2 Score: 100%
Seceding from dependency. Becoming as self-sufficient as possible with regard to food, water, fuel, cash, firearms, and physical security at home.
18
Helping to Repeal Laws
2
0
Net: 2 Score: 100%
19
Living Off Grid
2
0
Net: 2 Score: 100%
20
Going to Libertarian Rallies
1
0
Net: 1 Score: 100%
21
Legally Protecting Your Assets from Probate Courts
1
0
Net: 1 Score: 100%
Seceding from the legal system, by legally protecting your assets from rapacious lawsuits and probate courts as much as possible.
22
Moving to Another State with Less Government
1
0
Net: 1 Score: 100%
Secede from your state by moving to another with a better tax and regulatory environment, better homeschooling laws, better gun laws, or just one with more liberty-minded people.
