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Black Bears
November 2, 2020
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Libertarian vs. Bear
A group of libertarians took over a rural town to live out their dreams of small government and freedom from regulation. The local bears had other ideas.
October 13, 2020
MagazinePatrick Blanchfield
The Town That Went Feral
When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.

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