Moving as a Moral Good

Being free to move to a new city, state, or country is not just a nice luxury, it is an important part of protecting society for two reasons.

First, the higher the percentage of the population that can and will vote with their feet and leave, the less power a government has to impose its will on the people.

And second, the easier it is for people to move to a place that is in line with their values, the less likely they are to advocate for policies that infringe on the property rights of others.

If you think of the government as a service provider this means that it is easier than ever to get out of your contract and even when you don’t leave your contract, you have much less need of it.

It is easy to get a sense from the media hype that politics is more important than ever, but technology and the ability to move are actually rapidly declining the importance of government in our lives.