Tuesday, August 19, 2008


Ron Paul supporters plan West Texas commune : Lone Star Times
Yes, Ronulans, there is now a place where you can live according to libertarian principles. Just hie thyself to rural Texas and find "Paulville," described as follows on the Paulville.org website:

The goal of Paulville.org is to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters and or people that live by the ideals of freedom and liberty. The process is forming a co-op of people buying shares in the community and these people would be granted land use at a minimum of 1 acre per share, for as long as they homesteaded the land. The community would be privately held by the co-op to establish private property for the general community thus preserving the community is 100% freedom and liberty lovers. The community votes on all community efforts, such as utilities etc. However no one is forced to consume these utilities and or pay for them, AKA people can be off grid on their share of land. This is in line with the ideals that you're free to live your life the way you want and not be forced to do or pay for other people's life styles you may not agree with.

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This is a great idea for several reasons. One: it will concentrate the nation's Ronulans in one place, so they will all be in one voting precinct. Two: it will force them to live with each other instead of annoying those of us who have heard enough about and from Ron Paul to last several lifetimes. Three: it will give us all a chance to see how libertarian ideas work in practice, because there isn't a place on earth that runs the way libertarians think we should all live. I envision them drawing lines all over the dining room table and privatizing the sections, but maybe I'm too cynical.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this idea, too. How many of the citizens do you think will be older than age 22?

Evan McKenzie said...

Good point. The Ronulans are a young group. There are two houses on my street with Ron Paul stickers and signs--still--and they are older than the Paulian norm.