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  <title>Freedom, Liberty and the State with Eric Brakey</title>
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  <description>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Eric Brakey from The FreeState Project
Eric Brakey, Executive Director of the Free State Project and former Maine State Senator, champions individual liberty, medical cannabis reform, and limited government. He believes New Hampshire is fertile ground for building a freer society based on the principle: “Don’t hurt people or take their stuff.”
The Free State Project is a movement to recruit 20,000 liberty-minded individuals to move to New Hampshire and create a stronghold for limited government and personal freedom. It aims to build a free society through peaceful activism, community-building, and principled resistance to state overreach.
We spoke to Eric Brakey (https://x.com/EricBrakey)  about The Free State Project (https://x.com/FreeStateNH) and:
Medical cannabis policy
The bureaucracy and special interests are relentless
The ground is fertile in New Hampshire for freedom
Building a free society
Don’t hurt people or take their stuff
You can look like a radical or you can advance radical things
Take every opportunity to question our understandings and assumptions
Liberty is one of the most beautiful ideas
The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance
State shrinking and I see Liberty expanding
Timestamps 
00:00 – 03:47 : Intro 
03:47 -- 10:00 : Moving from politics
10:00 -- 13:54 : New Hampshire
13:54 -- 22:57 : Building a libertarian community 
22:57 -- 28:44 : Maintaining core principles
28:44 -- 39:50 : Moral convictions and bureaucracy
39:50 -- 46:00 : Does liberty need a state?
46:00 -- 51:25 : Liberty in a bubble
51:25 -- 57:38 : The Blitz
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:
Stake with Citizen Web3 validator (https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking)
Listen to the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/OaEAnSclUa4)
Follow us on Twitter (https://x.com/citizen_web3)
Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss)
Special Guest: Eric Brakey.
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<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Eric Brakey from The FreeState Project</p>

<p>Eric Brakey, Executive Director of the Free State Project and former Maine State Senator, champions individual liberty, medical cannabis reform, and limited government. He believes New Hampshire is fertile ground for building a freer society based on the principle: “Don’t hurt people or take their stuff.”</p>

<p>The Free State Project is a movement to recruit 20,000 liberty-minded individuals to move to New Hampshire and create a stronghold for limited government and personal freedom. It aims to build a free society through peaceful activism, community-building, and principled resistance to state overreach.</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://x.com/EricBrakey" rel="nofollow">Eric Brakey</a>  about <a href="https://x.com/FreeStateNH" rel="nofollow">The Free State Project</a> and:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Medical cannabis policy</li>
<li>The bureaucracy and special interests are relentless</li>
<li>The ground is fertile in New Hampshire for freedom</li>
<li>Building a free society</li>
<li>Don’t hurt people or take their stuff</li>
<li>You can look like a radical or you can advance radical things</li>
<li>Take every opportunity to question our understandings and assumptions</li>
<li>Liberty is one of the most beautiful ideas</li>
<li>The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance</li>
<li>State shrinking and I see Liberty expanding</li>
</ul>

<p>Timestamps </p>

<p>00:00 – 03:47 : Intro <br>
03:47 -- 10:00 : Moving from politics<br>
10:00 -- 13:54 : New Hampshire<br>
13:54 -- 22:57 : Building a libertarian community <br>
22:57 -- 28:44 : Maintaining core principles<br>
28:44 -- 39:50 : Moral convictions and bureaucracy<br>
39:50 -- 46:00 : Does liberty need a state?<br>
46:00 -- 51:25 : Liberty in a bubble<br>
51:25 -- 57:38 : The Blitz</p>

<hr>

<h5>If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Stake with Citizen Web3 <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking" rel="nofollow">validator</a></li>
<li>Listen to the <a href="https://youtu.be/OaEAnSclUa4" rel="nofollow">YouTube version</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://x.com/citizen_web3" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li>
<li>Sign up to the <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss" rel="nofollow">RSS feed</a></li>
</ul><p>Special Guest: Eric Brakey.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Balaji" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Srinivasan">Balaji</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin</a></li><li><a title="Cato the younger" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Younger">Cato the younger</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos</a></li><li><a title="COVID" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19">COVID</a></li><li><a title="Delaware" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware">Delaware</a></li><li><a title="Elizabeth Warren" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://ethereum.org/">Ethereum</a></li><li><a title="FDR" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt">FDR</a></li><li><a title="Florida" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida">Florida</a></li><li><a title="Javier Milei" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Milei">Javier Milei</a></li><li><a title="Julius Caesar" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar">Julius Caesar</a></li><li><a title="Massachusetts" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li><li><a title="Matt Kibbe" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Kibbe">Matt Kibbe</a></li><li><a title="Michael Bloomberg" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a></li><li><a title="Milton Friedman" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman">Milton Friedman</a></li><li><a title="Murray Rothbard" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard">Murray Rothbard</a></li><li><a title="New Hampshire" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li><li><a title="Nick Spanos" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-spanos/">Nick Spanos</a></li><li><a title="Pine Tree Riots" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Riot">Pine Tree Riots</a></li><li><a title="PorcFest" rel="nofollow" href="https://porcfest.com/">PorcFest</a></li><li><a title="Rand Paul" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul">Rand Paul</a></li><li><a title="Rhode Island" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island">Rhode Island</a></li><li><a title="Ron DeSantis" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a></li><li><a title="Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_2012_presidential_campaign">Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign</a></li><li><a title="Senator Angus S. King Jr." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.king.senate.gov/">Senator Angus S. King Jr.</a></li><li><a title="Stoicism" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism">Stoicism</a></li><li><a title="Tribalism is Dumb by Andrew Heaton" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219294669-tribalism-is-dumb">Tribalism is Dumb by Andrew Heaton</a></li><li><a title="Twitter Files" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files">Twitter Files</a></li><li><a title="Vermont" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont">Vermont</a></li><li><a title="Woodrow Wilson" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a></li><li><a title="Wyoming" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<hr>

<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Eric Brakey from The FreeState Project</p>

<p>Eric Brakey, Executive Director of the Free State Project and former Maine State Senator, champions individual liberty, medical cannabis reform, and limited government. He believes New Hampshire is fertile ground for building a freer society based on the principle: “Don’t hurt people or take their stuff.”</p>

<p>The Free State Project is a movement to recruit 20,000 liberty-minded individuals to move to New Hampshire and create a stronghold for limited government and personal freedom. It aims to build a free society through peaceful activism, community-building, and principled resistance to state overreach.</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://x.com/EricBrakey" rel="nofollow">Eric Brakey</a>  about <a href="https://x.com/FreeStateNH" rel="nofollow">The Free State Project</a> and:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Medical cannabis policy</li>
<li>The bureaucracy and special interests are relentless</li>
<li>The ground is fertile in New Hampshire for freedom</li>
<li>Building a free society</li>
<li>Don’t hurt people or take their stuff</li>
<li>You can look like a radical or you can advance radical things</li>
<li>Take every opportunity to question our understandings and assumptions</li>
<li>Liberty is one of the most beautiful ideas</li>
<li>The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance</li>
<li>State shrinking and I see Liberty expanding</li>
</ul>

<p>Timestamps </p>

<p>00:00 – 03:47 : Intro <br>
03:47 -- 10:00 : Moving from politics<br>
10:00 -- 13:54 : New Hampshire<br>
13:54 -- 22:57 : Building a libertarian community <br>
22:57 -- 28:44 : Maintaining core principles<br>
28:44 -- 39:50 : Moral convictions and bureaucracy<br>
39:50 -- 46:00 : Does liberty need a state?<br>
46:00 -- 51:25 : Liberty in a bubble<br>
51:25 -- 57:38 : The Blitz</p>

<hr>

<h5>If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Stake with Citizen Web3 <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking" rel="nofollow">validator</a></li>
<li>Listen to the <a href="https://youtu.be/OaEAnSclUa4" rel="nofollow">YouTube version</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://x.com/citizen_web3" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li>
<li>Sign up to the <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss" rel="nofollow">RSS feed</a></li>
</ul><p>Special Guest: Eric Brakey.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Balaji" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Srinivasan">Balaji</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin</a></li><li><a title="Cato the younger" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Younger">Cato the younger</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos</a></li><li><a title="COVID" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19">COVID</a></li><li><a title="Delaware" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware">Delaware</a></li><li><a title="Elizabeth Warren" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://ethereum.org/">Ethereum</a></li><li><a title="FDR" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt">FDR</a></li><li><a title="Florida" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida">Florida</a></li><li><a title="Javier Milei" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Milei">Javier Milei</a></li><li><a title="Julius Caesar" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar">Julius Caesar</a></li><li><a title="Massachusetts" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li><li><a title="Matt Kibbe" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Kibbe">Matt Kibbe</a></li><li><a title="Michael Bloomberg" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a></li><li><a title="Milton Friedman" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman">Milton Friedman</a></li><li><a title="Murray Rothbard" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard">Murray Rothbard</a></li><li><a title="New Hampshire" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li><li><a title="Nick Spanos" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-spanos/">Nick Spanos</a></li><li><a title="Pine Tree Riots" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Riot">Pine Tree Riots</a></li><li><a title="PorcFest" rel="nofollow" href="https://porcfest.com/">PorcFest</a></li><li><a title="Rand Paul" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul">Rand Paul</a></li><li><a title="Rhode Island" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island">Rhode Island</a></li><li><a title="Ron DeSantis" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a></li><li><a title="Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_2012_presidential_campaign">Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign</a></li><li><a title="Senator Angus S. King Jr." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.king.senate.gov/">Senator Angus S. King Jr.</a></li><li><a title="Stoicism" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism">Stoicism</a></li><li><a title="Tribalism is Dumb by Andrew Heaton" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219294669-tribalism-is-dumb">Tribalism is Dumb by Andrew Heaton</a></li><li><a title="Twitter Files" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files">Twitter Files</a></li><li><a title="Vermont" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont">Vermont</a></li><li><a title="Woodrow Wilson" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a></li><li><a title="Wyoming" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul>]]>
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