Secession
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The Issue: People are forced to be subject
to governments and to participate in their programs, usually as providers
of financial support, regardless of their wishes to the contrary.
The Principle: As all political association
must be voluntary, we recognize the right to political secession. This includes
the right to secession by political entities, private groups or individuals.
Exercise of this right, like the exercise of all other rights, does not remove
legal and moral obligations not to violate the rights of others.
Solutions: We support the right of political
entities, private groups and individuals to renounce their affiliation with
any government, and to be exempt from the obligations imposed by those governments,
while in turn accepting no support from the government from which they seceded.
Transitional Action: As a transition step,
we support the right of political entities, private groups and individuals
to renounce their participation in any government program, and to be exempt
from the obligations imposed by that program, while in turn accepting no
benefit from the program from which they seceded.
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