Apparently, a group of Ron Paul supporter wants to create their own gated community:
A group of ardent backers of Ron Paul, the maverick congressman and Republican presidential candidate, are flocking to Paulville.org, a Web site that promises to help them set up exclusive residential enclaves open only to the like-minded — presumably to help them replicate in the physical world the comfortable feeling they’ve experienced online, of being fenced-off from the rest of us.
The site’s founders explain:
The goal of Paulville.org it to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters and or people that live by the ideals of freedom and liberty.
The process is forming a co-op of people buying shares in the community and these people would be granted land use at a minimum of 1 acre per share for as long as they homesteaded the land. The community would be privately held by the co-op to establish private property for the general community, thus preserving the community is 100% freedom and liberty lovers.
The community votes on all community efforts, such as utilities etc. However no one is forced to consume these utilities and or pay for them, AKA people can be off grid on their share of land. This is in line with the ideals that you’re free to live your life the way you want and not be forced to do or pay for other people’s life styles you may not agree with.
These communities are not for the faint at heard they will start as undeveloped land in non city locals, as this is the way to secure large tracts of land needed for these efforts.
However the goal is a minimal financial outlay of around $500 per share to establish this community.
If you want to start your very own local Paulville based community. Post in the forums under potential Communities and see if you can form a group of buyers in your local group.
Of everything I’ve read about this, nobody puts it better than one-time Ron Paul fan Andrew Sullivan:
Ugh. Who wants to live around people who agree with you on everything? Not my kind of libertarian.
Exactly. What, exactly, do these people hope to accomplish by gating themselves off from the rest of the world ? Do they think they can survive on their own and not worry about what’s going on around them ?
Or is it simply that they don’t want to be presented with the possibility of living next door to someone who doesn’t think Ron Paul is the greatest thing since sliced bread ?
May 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Why do you waste your energy and the world’s time taking a dump on something these people want to do? So what if they want to buy property together? Does that really offend you so much that you have to get time on reddit.com and complain? Live and let live. No one is hurting you. No one is asking you to drink the kool aid. Jeez.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Seriously, this blog has been nothing but meaningless garbage from the start. STFU and stop polluting reddit you whiny bitch.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
who cares?
at least they’re passionate about something besides war and Idol…
who honestly gives a crap?
May 8th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
All very good points and questions posed already… why do Paultards and other Ron Paul fans offend you so Doug? Are you jealous of their honest and sincere passion? Has nothing in your life inspired you so? Who cares? I appreciate their sincerity, even if it’s sometimes over the top and misguided. At least some Americans sincerely care about the direction of their nation. I read somewhere that more people have voted for an American Idol contestant than they have for one presidential candidate. At least Paul has inspired a whole new group of Americans to get involved in the political process and to care. Your condescending attitude to this movement is disgusting. As Gordon said, LIVE AND LET LIVE.