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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m planning on moving to Europe soon. Which countries in Europe do you think are the most libertarian friendly? I had planned on going to Portugal because of generous economic incentives, but I am open to others as well especially if the culture is more aligned with libertarianism.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, April 29, 2022 1:56 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:giulio@gmail.com">Giulio Prisco</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ExI] Atlas Shrugged</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 7:28 AM spike jones via extropy-chat</p><p class=MsoNormal><extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> -----Original Message-----</p><p class=MsoNormal>> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> >...But in today's very anti-libertarian culture, reading Atlas Shrugged is refreshing and needed. Giulio</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Ja thanks. Giulio how did it happen? And is it happening in Europe the same as in USA? It was recent that both mainstream US parties would gently coax the libertarians, using different strategies but neither wanted to alienate libertarians, for fear they would vote for the other mainstream party rather than their own. Now... both mainstream parties in some ways seem to be working to alienate libertarians.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> It wasn't such a big deal until just recently, for the libertarians were irrelevant. But now that the richest guy on the planet is a libertarian and wants to establish free speech in America, it seems the government is losing its collective mind.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Europe it is even worse. At least in the US you have a healthy</p><p class=MsoNormal>libertarian tradition in politics and culture, a healthy libertarian</p><p class=MsoNormal>tradition that has a lot of inertia and is difficult to eliminate</p><p class=MsoNormal>completely. We don't even have that.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I love what Musk is doing but I'm afraid it is too little too late.</p><p class=MsoNormal>They have taken our liberties gradually, silently, step by step, one</p><p class=MsoNormal>by one, and we have been so stupid to let them. I'm afraid the US and</p><p class=MsoNormal>Europe are history. Let's see how China develops in a few decades. If</p><p class=MsoNormal>I were a young man, I would be learning Chinese.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> spike</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> extropy-chat mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>extropy-chat mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>