Generally, it begins by bullying people around, extorting money from them and then having the nerve to call it a “tax” and pretend they “owe” it to you.
Claim and attempt to exercise a territorial monopoly on violence.
Do this well enough to destroy or suppress any similar criminal outfits within your area of operations.
To confuse matters, assert special rights that ordinary folks don’t have, including a unilateral ability to determine what “law” is.
Marginalize your critics. Fight especially dirty on this one. Your options run the gamut from extermination to slander and everything in between.
Announce special programs to give the people a tiny portion of their wealth back — on your terms, and never as much as you took from them in the first place. Hire paid liars to assert this proves how necessary you are.
Design a flag.
http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1021
How do you start your own country?
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ChelC
- The Law
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- Location: Utah
Re: How do you start your own country?
That's pretty good. You can get more ideas from the communist manifesto, and the best part is, the little people will jump all over it because they'll think you're helping them!
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Jenny
- captain of 50
- Posts: 63
Re: How do you start your own country?
And then of course there are those stories in the Book of Mormon about inspired men coming to a promised land preserved for freedom. Or those stories about inspired men being drawn here to have freedom. Maybe starting ones own country has to do with some positives as well. I would say if you want your own country buy and island.ChelC wrote:
That's pretty good. You can get more ideas from the communist manifesto, and the best part is, the little people will jump all over it because they'll think you're helping them!
