I read about this too, it's not really a voluntary society in a libertarian sense.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/mexican-town-overthrew-their-local-government-and-things-are-going-great >From here is linked to a Vice article (and video) about this place: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/gykaq9/a-town-in-mexico-overthrew-their-local-government-things-couldnt-be-going-better If you watch the vid, one guy works as a professor at a technical university, and he gets nominated by his peers and elected to be one of the 12 "councilmen" or whatever they call it. It's notable that he doesn't have a choice in the matter and has to quit his university job for 25% salary as one of the councilmen. If your neighbours decide you're standing for election, it doesn't seem you have a choice. If they then elect you, you don't have a choice either. On 3 July 2018 at 18:44, Steven Schear <schear.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > Though some residents complain they are almost required to pay for this > protection. > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 9:42 AM Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > >> A Mexican Town Overthrew Their Local Government And Things Are Going >> Great >> https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/mexican-town- >> overthrew-their-local-government-and-things-are-going-great >> >> The town of Cherán, Mexico was once plagued… >> Cherán is now run by autonomous groups of armed individuals… >> members of an autonomous militia — guard every entrance to the town, >> looking for strangers with contraband… >> >> “Contraband” would be considered political propaganda posters of >> those who claim the right to rule other human beings. >> >> …Cherán has achieved something unthinkable in Michoacán: a dramatic >> drop in murder rates, with rates for other serious crimes hovering >> at nearly zero. For those in Mexico, especially in an election year >> marred by wanton political murders, Cherán stands as proof that, in >> the country’s entrenched cycle of violence, the key ingredient to >> that violence is the state. >> >> >> >> >> In other news: >> Nevada Traffic Deaths Plunge 10% Following Marijuana Legalization >> https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/nevada- >> traffic-deaths-plunge-10-following-marijuana-legalization >> >>