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Libertarianism

Business

A Libertarian ‘Startup City’ in Honduras Faces its Biggest Hurdle: The Locals

Próspera was supposed to be a privatized, Silicon Valley-funded paradise—but it’s a hard sell for the neighbors.

Ian MacDougall, Isabelle Simpson Rest of World Oct 2021 30min Permalink

Politics Health

This Doctor Is Suggesting COVID-19 Lockdowns Are a Conspiracy to Take Away Your Freedom

A viral video in which Dr. Annie Bukacek questions the severity of COVID-19 has given anti-lockdown activists across the country a sense of validation.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed May 2020 25min Permalink

Politics

How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump

To understand the President’s path to the 2020 election, look at what he has provided the country’s executive class.

Evan Osnos New Yorker May 2020 40min Permalink

Travel

Waiting for the End of the World

Apocalypse camp at the dawn of the Great Extinction.

Lauren Groff Harper's Feb 2020 25min Permalink

Barbearians at the Gate

A journey through a quixotic New Hampshire town teeming with libertarians, fake news, guns, and—possibly—furry invaders.

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling The Atavist Magazine May 2018 40min Permalink

Politics

Something’s Brewing in the Deep Red West

Representative Matt Shea has been trying to create a libertarian utopia in the Pacific Northwest, a 51st state called Liberty. And he keeps getting re-elected.

Leah Sottile Rolling Stone Oct 2018 20min Permalink

The Rock That Fell to Earth

How a meteorite hunter’s obsession took him from the mountains of Colorado, to the Bundy Ranch, and eventually landed him in jail.

Brendan Borrell The Verge Jun 2018 30min Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

Death of a Dystopian

Conspiracy theorists think that the government killed the aspiring Libertarian filmmaker David Crowley to stop him from making his film about an authoritarian takeover of the United States and the vets who fight back. The truth is far stranger.

Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Mar 2017 25min Permalink

World

The Libertarian Utopia That’s Just a Bunch of White Guys on a Tiny Island

A Czech Libertarian planted a flag on an unclaimed island in the Danube and gave it a name. Now, the Liberland government is struggling to build its a country without taxes, political correctness, or much in the way of women.

Morgan Childs GQ Dec 2016 15min Permalink

Politics World

The Making of a President

In Liberland, a small borderland between Serbia and Croatia, ‘‘government will be banned except for three things: security, legal stuff and diplomacy.’’

Gideon Lewis-Kraus New York Times Magazine Aug 2015 35min Permalink

Politics

Has the 'Libertarian Moment' Finally Arrived?

Rand Paul as the movement’s Pearl Jam.

Robert Draper New York Times Magazine Aug 2014 25min Permalink

Politics

A Libertarian Utopia

At a high-profile Libertarian conference, everyone agrees government should be smaller, but what should replace it is much more contested.

Livia Gershon Aeon Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Politics

Party Crasher

A profile of Ron Paul.

Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Feb 2012 20min Permalink

Politics

Did Somebody Say "Fringe"?

Not long ago, Rand Paul, opthalmologist and son of Ron, would have been written off as a wacky extremist. Thanks to his Dad and the Tea Partiers, he’s poised to become the most radical member of the U.S Senate.

Jason Zengerle GQ Oct 2010 20min Permalink

Business

Covert Operations

The billionaire Koch brothers have declared war on Obama.

Jane Mayer New Yorker Apr 2011 40min Permalink