Why can 't it be virtual?

I interviewed for a faculty position in Laramie, WY, but didn't get it. I'm glad I didn't now, but Wyoming was wonderful.

Great idea! Sharing the publicity with the movie, and stirring up "THE" question at the same time. Being retired, I'm no longer in business, but if I was......

I meant using their position as founder for rent-seeking... basically doing the things we don't like about modern gov'ts.

Speaking of Somalia, it had no functioning gov't yet had a mobile phone network before other African countries, partly b/c it did not have a gov't-sponsored telephone network.

I hope the very concept of the nation state is breaking down. Then it won't be true that a Gulch relies on another nation state. It will start in the world of nation states that we have today, it will produce amazing value that people want, and that will lead to the adoption of the policies elsewhere. It has to be far enough away to make it hard to loot from but not so far as to make trade difficult. That may be impossible. It may be just a dream.

Exactly so. :-) They don't deserve her crab cakes either.

I think he does. :-). I'll see him at the end of the month. I could ask.

"Profit unfairly"?? What's the definition of unfair? What if a person had a larger stake in the arrangement? Should they then not reap a larger percentage of earned income? I despise the word unfair. It is completely subjective and a collectivist's dream.

It is theft. Taking something that belonged to, and was earned by, someone else. The lack of consent of the owner in the removal of his property is theft.
The federal government has created the most threatening, repugnant den of thieves in the IRS. And that must be exterminated.

Recently I told Eudaimonia that I would meet him at Akston's diner sometime after he moved out to Wyoming. Do you know where the diner is? It doesn't show up on Google ;)

Again he's missed the point.

Yes....and the schools would never allow the types of conversations/lessons that need to happen to accomplish this... because it would be too honest and might hurt someone's feelings, or be considered offensive. This is what happens when the gov makes everything easy for the bottom feeders....they then refuse to do any hard work of any kind (especially the mental kind..thinking) and it's contagious... not only that, they vilify anyone of means who isn't singing the same socialist song... so all reason is out the window... Just gimme what I want/need cuz you can afford it and leave me alone. I deserve to have the same as you and if you disagree than you're selfish and greedy!

First off, it wasn't a failing...you're assuming stuff you know nothing about. It was time to galt.
Second:
"...should have used heir amazing abilities to inspire that world to take charge of their lives and stop looking for a handout."
THEY DON'T LISTEN! And the entire world is telling them otherwise...they won't get it until the gov stops feeding them, off OUR backs. That's the WHOLE point! omg.

Akston had a small diner as you recall. not all resources were put entirely in the gulch. In fairness, this was not well-explained in the book. Partly, it was not her goal to give a blueprint for creating another country. Gulches are retreats, they are not city states. Libertarians have spent more time thinking about how to create such, but it still relies on the government of another country. No one suggests forming a gulch in Mogadishu,for example. It is another short cut Libertarians take.

Before I read Rand, I used to think her books described an orthodoxy than all followers must agree on. I imagined they were about everyone agreeing, conforming, and , not have ideas of their own. Agreement and approval from others were the key. It turns out they were about the opposite of that.

Lol we agree on almost everything, I just get bored talking about things I agree with :P

I was describing the plot of AS-- producers being willing to throw away everything and put it all toward building a Gulch.

"If a small group of people with modest net worths were willing to put their entire net worth toward the cause..."
how is that efficient or moral? value for value. not collective

Being a B does not get you out of taxes. I don't know why Kiyosaki says that. I like his quadrant model, but I reject how his characters laconically imply that once you get to B taxes disappear.

you're asking more personal questions than focusing on the over arching concepts.

I operate a little in all of them, but I'm mostly in S and want to move toward B. I earn 50% more than a normal job if I work 50% more hours than a normal job. I was in B two years ago and got knocked back into S by some decisions I made.