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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
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The author went on some tangents that seemed to be there to boost the page count, but otherwise pretty enjoyable.
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An absolute must read on a real world experiment of "living free" from people who are willfully ignorant to their own comfortability and dependence on the system they're trying to escape.
Oh, and bears.
Oh, and bears.
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A nice cathartic reminder that libertarian efforts to strip government to the bones are bond to fail for the exact reasons you’d expect, plus some funnier reasons you didn’t. You can feel the book straining to cohere all its connections, and I think the reality falls a bit short of the satisfying story of toxoplasmosis-crazed bears. Still, a detailed, engaging, and empathetic portrait of a small New England town, even when I wouldn’t have granted many of its players the same benefit of the doubt. When the libertarian plans go awry, it doesn’t feel mean-spirited like it could have. But you can still feel an author who is holding back saying “you should’ve seen this coming” Also a great reminder of how bears are truly wild.
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This book had me laughing my ass off. I f---ing hate libertarians, and this Hongoltz-Hetling does an excellent job explaining why.