I think the general aim of liberty activism is not to replace the judges and other government thugs with people who won't commit aggression (although if we can do that great; saving people from criminals is always good), but rather is to change public opinion so that people don't think that the men with robes calling themselves the government magically have extra rights.Originally Posted by Tod
If I acted like the public judge and said that someone had to go to prison for possessing marijuana, for example, and then called a few of my friends to use force against that person to lock him up, then everyone would be outraged at my behavior and my friends' behavior and wouldn't let us get away with it. If we can change peoples' minds so that the public reacts the same to these government criminals as they would react to private individuals committing the same crimes then our society would be much more free and just.
So to the answer the question, I think that the liberty activists in New Hampshire are making substantial and meaningful progress in the quest to disillusion people about government. It may be true that most of the politicians in office are still the same old crooks and the laws on the books are almost just as anti-liberty as they have always been, but the number of liberty-minded people is growing and in the long run that is what is needed for a just society.
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