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Explain libertarian view
'''Free state''' has two common meanings. One is the older less common meaning in the [[Antebellum]] period where a '''free state''' was a state where [[slavery]] was outlawed.
'''Free state''' has two common meanings. One is the older less common meaning in the [[Antebellum]] period where a '''free state''' was a state where [[slavery]] was outlawed.
The second is a newer and more common meaning in use since the late 1970's in [[America]] among [[libertarian]]s, [[conservative]]s, conservative [[Christian]]s, [[Patriot]]s, and [[Preppers]]-[[Survivalists]] (See also: [[Free States Movement]]).
The second is a newer and more common meaning in use since the late 1970's in [[America]] among [[libertarian]]s, [[conservative]]s, conservative [[Christian]]s, [[Patriot]]s, and [[Preppers]]-[[Survivalists]] (See also: [[Free States Movement]]). In 2001, libertarians founded The Free State Project (FSP) to recruit at least 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state. In 2003, they selected [[New Hampshire]] as the target state. Once 20,000 libertarians sign a pledge to move to New Hampshire, then a political migration will result in libertarians having greater political power to elect office holders than would be the case if libertarians remain spread across all 50 states.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libertarians Pursue New Political Goal: State of Their Own |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/27/us/libertarians-pursue-new-political-goal-state-of-their-own.html?pagewanted=all |first=Pam |last=Belluck |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date=October 27, 2003 |accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref> As of December 2014, 16,332 people have signed the pledge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership Statistics|url=http://freestateproject.org/about/membership-statistics|publisher=Free State Project|accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref>
==Modern "Free States" in the USA==
==Modern "Free States" in the USA==
==References==
==References==
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[[Category : United States Political Terms]]
[[Category : United States Political Terms]]
[[Category : Red States]]
[[Category : Red States]]
[[Category : Conservatism]]
[[Category : Conservatism]]
[[Category : Libertarianism]]
[[Category : Libertarianism]]
[[Category : Libertarians]]
[[Category : Libertarians]]