Strike-The-Root poll favors BHM
Nelson Martin of Columbia, Missouri, sent me this message:
“Check out the poll on the home page of www.strike-the-root.com, on what is their readers’ favorite libertarian magazine!"
Wow! Backwoods Home Magazine is winning the poll. Goes to show what “living by example” can do. I don’t think of BHM as a Libertarian magazine, but as a Homesteading magazine, even though other Homesteading magazines would not ever entertain the thought of writing Libertarian commentaries.
BHM is more the embodiment of Libertarian ideas. Ninety-eight percent of the content has to do with taking care of yourself and your family by doing things around the homestead. You’ll never find a “government solution” in BHM. John Silveira and I comprise the only Libertarian commentary, with his Last Word column and my My View column. These columns are more valuable, I think, surrounded by articles that shows people living their lives by taking care of themselves, whether it involves building their own home or canning their own food.
Most readers of BHM do not consider themselves Libertarian, and probably pretty much ignore politics. But they tend to live their lives as we Libertarians wish everybody would — by taking care of their own needs and by minding their own business, not the business of others.
I expect the dawning American recession, coupled with a Hillary, Obama, or McCain in the White House, will make BHM more popular than ever as people retreat into their own world hoping to escape the heavier hand of Government.
February 10th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
While you might not think of BHM as “liberating”, I’m a little L libertarian subscriber, with probably ZERO probability of ever being in a place to USE my BHM “education”. But BHM reminds me of what life is really like and how fragile society is. And, hopefully, we can all keep cooperating to keep the lights on. Keep reminding us how tough life could be. Keep showing us how to use everything a little smarter. That’s liberating!