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title: "Timeline photos "Laughing Ferret" asked me what "Switzerland for…"
date: 2025-10-11
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# Timeline photos "Laughing Ferret" asked me what "Switzerland for…

*October 11, 2025 · Facebook*

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\"Laughing Ferret\" asked me what \"Switzerland for libertarians\" would look like.\" This is a rough draft of my answer to that question.\
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If you\'re a libertarian, what features would you want that aren\'t listed below?\
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\*\*Taxes\*\*\
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\* Taxes set to the lowest rate necessary to maintain national autonomy. Ideally, the state would have no taxes at all.\
\* No taxes on:\
1. income (corporate or individual)\
2. capital gains\
3. estate\
4. sales\
5. VAT\
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\* Allowed taxes:\
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1. Excise tax (gas, oil, etc)\
2. Poll tax\
3. Pigouvian tax (pollution, etc)\
4. Land value tax.\
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\*\*Bodily autonomy\*\*\
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\* Manufacture/sell/buy any drug (recreational or medical) or medical device without restriction.\
\* Buy drugs over the counter or by mail.\
\* No DEA. No FDA.\
\* No criminal penalties for assisted suicide\
\* Sex work treated the same as any other profession. Work as a sex worker without fear of police harassment, fines, deportation, imprisonment.\
\* Purchase medical services from any company or individual. No licensure. No education mandates.\
\* No scope of practice restrictions.\
\* No restrictions on fertility services, such as surrogacy, sex selection, IVF, cloning, germ line genetic engineering.\
threatening to put you in cage.\
\* No paternalistic food regulations, such as bans on raw millk, synthetic meat, or sugary drinks.\
\* No Certificate of Need laws.\
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\*\*Science and Technology\*\*\
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\* No blanket bans on emerging technologies.\
\* Liability‑based rules rather than precautionary bans.\
\* Build a nuclear power plant in 3-4 years.\
\* No AI bans, surveillance, capacity limits, or licensure.\
\* No bans, restrictions on GMO foods / organisms.\
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\*\*Security and self-defense\*\*\
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\* Order any gun by mail.\
\* No license mandates. Constitutional carry only.\
\* No import restrictions.\
\* No NFA tax.\
\* No registration.\
\* No silencer restrictions.\
\* No restrictions on 3d-printed guns.\
\* Strong stand‑your‑ground, castle doctrine, clear protections for private security).\
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\*\*Privacy and surveillance\*\*\
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\* Strong statutory limits on state surveillance.\
\* No warrantless mass surveillance, Stingray use, and location tracking without consent.\
\* Strong encryption allowed and protected.\
\* No \"paper\'s please\" checkpoints.\
\* No TSA.\
\* No state surveillance and tracking of travelers.\
\* No national ID.\
\* No spyware (Stingray, Predator, etc).\
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\*\*Money, Banking, and Finance\
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\* Complete separation of money and state: no state controlled fiat allowed.\
\* No capital controls.\
\* No KYC/AML laws.\
\* No Fincen, Finacial Action Task Force\
\* No SEC, CFTC\
\* No currency restrictions. Conduct business in any money of your choice: gold, silver, Monero, etc.\
\* No money transmitter license. Purchase banking services from any person or company of your choice.\
\* No deposit insurance or state guarantees for banks.\
\* Arbitration clauses, non‑compete/NDAs allowed by private agreement.\
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\*\*Education\*\*\
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\* Complete separation of school and state. No state run, tax subsidized schools allowed.\
\* No location based restrictions. Send your children to any school of your choice.\
\* No truancy laws.\
\* No licensure, accreditation mandates.\
\* No state loan guarantees, grants, vouchers, or other subsidies.\
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\*\*Infrastructure\*\*\*\
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\* No state owned roads, power plants, sewage plants, ports, airports, railways, cable companies, etc.\
\* All infrastructure privately owned, and funded by fees charged to users.\
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\*\*Public Goods\*\*\
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\* Only voluntarily funded, private police, fire departments, rescue services allowed.\
\* No welfare state. All charity provided by private individuals voluntarily.\
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\*\*Employment\*\*\
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\* Broad freedom of association and contract.\
\* Private entities free to set membership/rules. No state anti‑discrimination mandates on private actors.\
\* No licensure requirements. Work as a plumber, physician, electrician, carpenter without being forced to get government permission first.\
\* No centralized immigration controls. Hire the best employees from anywhere in the world nearly as quickly and easily as you hire a native.\
\* No minimum wage.\
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\*\*Speech\*\*\
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\* Absolute freedom of speech, press, and expression.\
\* No obscenity laws.\
\* No bans on synthetic child porn.\
\* No defamation or libel laws.\
\* No age restrictions on porn websites.\
\* No identity collection / storage requirements.\
\* No ITAR restrictions.\
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\*\*Zoning\*\*\
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\* Strong, enforceable private property rights with market‑based title registries\
\* Minimal or no zoning; land use decided by owners and private agreements.\
\* No eminent domain or coercive takings.\
\* No mandates for parking, minimum lot size, building height, building materials.\
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\*\*Courts and dispute resoltuion\*\*\
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\* Restitution based justice system with the following priorities:\
1. stop crime in the first place.\
2. provide restitution to the victims.\
3. prevent future recividism.\
\* Private dispute resolution (arbitration, competing courts) encouraged.\
\* No asset forfeiture without conviction.\
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\*\*Trade\*\*\
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\* Full free trade. No tariffs, quotas, export controls, or industrial policy.
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