Hello from Galt's Gulch, Chile!
Galt's Gulch's tagline is, "Where The World Is Coming To"… it's a bit of a play on words because it has double meaning. With the Western world getting more brutal by the day and continuing to collapse it, sadly, is the fact that this is actually what it is coming to: just getting out! Whether it be the massive amount of extortion by tax regimes (over 50% in almost the entire West), economy stifling regulation, endless central bank counterfeiting/inflation and the police turning more military by the day (more on that below) it is becoming more than obvious to many that it's time to go elsewhere. Some of the most prominent proponents of liberty, like Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Judge Napolitano and more are saying a collapse is coming and to get out.
The second meaning of the tag line "Where The World Is Coming to" is that this is literally where people are going. Countless people are visiting every day. I've met with numerous TDVers and others who have been buying up property at GGC. Tomorrow, I'll be meeting for drinks with three more who made the trip down to consider placing their stake (you can read the experiences of one of the people who have recently visited here). Yesterday alone, seven lots were sold… in one day! Most of the pre-sales are now sold out except the larger lots… and even the Founder's Club lots, which are an incredible deal for those with the assets, are almost sold out… I believe there may just be a few more left.
This doesn't mean there won't be lots for sale at GGC after the next few weeks, but the pre-sale offers have nearly all been snapped up. And it is quite understandable… it is an amazing bargain for being the first to get in on the ground floor. Next will come the official map, people will begin selecting their lots and then work will begin on the roads (who said you need government to build roads?) and other infrastructure, clubhouse and much more. And then, prices will rise and the closer the project comes to completion I have almost no doubt that the prices will keep rising as people see it all come together.
Then, after that, I expect over the next 5-10 years that property prices in this area will go up tremendously. If you see the location and understand the trajectory of the Chilean economy, you'll be shocked a few years from now to hear how cheap it was to buy at this time.
(a photo I snapped with my Samsung smartphone while driving on the private highway past GGCon a glorious winter day (20C/68F)
To me, of course, the real value isn't that this should be a no-brainer real estate investment but that so many freedom-minded people are coming down and will make it a great community and place to be. Most will be living almost completely sustainably, with farms and people growing their own organic, non-GMO food and a tremendous amount of water (which will be the gold of the coming decade)… especially in the dry-summer, subtropical climate that this area has.
On that note, did you know the area around GGC is one of only a few places on Earth with a Mediterranean climate? That climate, of course, is named after the Mediterranean. But only a few other places on Earth have this type of climate. The others are much of California, in parts of Western and South Australia, in southwestern South Africa, sections of Central Asia, and in parts of central coastal Chile.
Don't feel bad if you didn't know. I didn't either until a TDVer recently told me that upon his visit.
The prices, community and climate are only just some of the things I love about down here.
The others are just how little government involvement there is in day-to-day life. Chile, of course, has no NSA, TSA or most of the countless alphabet soup gestapo of the US.
And, best of all, it's definitely not a police state!
POLICE STATE
Is it just me or are the police in places like the US becoming completely out of control?? Perhaps it is just because everyone has a phone with a good videocamera on it now and cameras surround us almost everywhere, but I can't get through the day without seeing 10 or 20 absolutely heinous police crimes ranging from theft, assault, murder and rape. Of course, they also kidnap, but that's one of the things they were designed to do… so I can't get too outraged at them for kidnapping peaceful people. That's just their job description.
I commented on it before with numerous videos… and I won't show you all this week's incredibly gory videos… in fact, we wouldn't have the space to even post 10% of them.
But one thing I've noticed is how quickly and easily Canada is becoming nearly as bad as in the US! However, it is a bit subjective. The Canadian police in the last few weeks probably win for all out brutality, shooting an 18-year-old boy who was cornered and distressed, holding a knife on an empty street car. Not to mention, after shooting him numerous times, and killing him, they then tased him. Just in case. Officer safety is paramount, of course!
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Then, near my old hometown (it's a nice place to be from), Edmonton, Canada, a woman was pulled over for speeding. What ensued was the police officer brutalizing her terribly and sexually assaulting her. As with almost all of these cases, the gangmember (police officer) was charged with nothing and she was charged with "resisting arrest". It's amazing how monopolized government agencies can make everything the opposite of what it really is.
Meanwhile, in the US, cops have been regularly pulling over women and performing cavity searches on them. The premise? Well, in this one case, a woman threw a cigarette out her car window and the police say they suspected they may have some plants (marijuana) in their car. They couldn't find any so there, naturally was only a few places to look where someone could be hiding plants.
What proceeded was a full anal and vaginal fingering, with the same glove, on both women.
It's quite dangerous in both Canada and the US, in my opinion, that's why I choose to spend more of my time in places like Mexico and Chile. But, it is now getting worse for people who openly believe in freedom in the US. In the free-er state, New Hampshire, where thousands of libertarians have congragated for the Free State project to try to eke out just a little bit of freedom in the US, the police in Concord, New Hampshire have applied for a grant to acquire a $258,000 armored vehicle from the DHS to combat domestic terrorism.
According to their application, they cited "active threats" from domestic "terror" groups like the Free State Project as the primary reason for requiring this military equipment.
The New Hampshire Leader Union stated that in addition to organized groups it cited, "several homegrown clusters that are anti-government and pose problems for law enforcement agencies."
A war is a-brewin' up north. The police and government are becoming more aggressive and militarized, always citing "terrorist threats". Which is quite hilarious because the police and the government are the terrorists.
In Chile, many high level members of the government are Ayn Rand fans and have actually instituted very libertarian policies in the country which have resulted in a massive rise in real economic growth. And, in all the weeks I've spent in Vina del Mar, which is an oceanside medium-sized resort city 45 minutes from Galt's Gulch, I have never seen a police car or police officer.
You see them in Santiago from time to time, usually in 2-cylinder cars in goofy little green costumes that look more like something you'd see on a doorman. That's quite different than the police in the US and Canada today where they look more like something out of Robocop or Terminator.
The police state is starting to arrive in full force up north. Even in this video by Stephen Colbert, done five years ago, he talked about the police state and how the government was spying on everything citizens do. And that was years before Edward Snowden brought to light what the NSA was really doing.
The only difference between then and today is that isn't two guys with pistols coming in. It's usually SWAT teams of 10 or more, usually with tanks, helicopters or drones as backup. Just ask Adam Kokesh.
Things are really getting so bad that if a policeman ever does anything nice it usually goes viral on the internet… as no one has ever seen that happen before! Like this cop who bought this little girl a bike after her bike was stolen.
That's very nice… but it is what any decent person would do. I know if I knew her, we'd be at a Walmart in under 10 minutes (in fact, I have done this exact thing one Christmas day with a 3-year-old girl in Mexico who didn't get anything for Christmas). Anyone with a heart would do something like that. Least of which someone making over $100,000 per year (average police salary in Canada and the US) from stolen money (taxes). Not to mention, right after this, he goes back out and accosts and shakes down peaceful people for money (speeding tickets) or kidnaps them and puts them in a cage for a "crime" with no victim… which means it isn't a crime.
But, yet, some people will still believe in the stupidity of collectivized, socialized "policing" and will say, "you see, there are good cops!"
To which my reply is, if there are so many good cops, why don't they get rid of the bad cops?
Until next week either from Chile or Acapulco… two places where the chances of me having an encounter with a police officer is approximately 0%. And, that's the way I like it.
