Libertarian Party
of Mars

The official-ish list

Top 20 Reasons Mars Is So Free

1. The nearest IRS field office is roughly 140 million miles away. Average audit response time: never.
2. Zero zoning laws. The entire planet is unincorporated territory with excellent geology.
3. No DMV. There is no D, no M, and no V. Your rover is registered to no one.
4. Property taxes: $0. Available property: an entire planet. First come, first dome.
5. The Second Amendment is perfectly safe — mostly because no other amendments were ever ratified here.
6. All commerce settles in Dash. The Masternode Interplanetary Protocol™ solved the speed of light and confirmation times. Don't ask how — it's proprietary.
7. Raw milk is the only milk. Pasteurization is a choice, not a mandate.
8. No occupational licensing. Want to practice medicine? The scalpel's in the top drawer.
9. Noise ordinances don't exist. In the thin Martian air, nobody can hear you party.
10. No speed limits. Also no roads. Coincidence? No — freedom.
11. Homeschooling isn't just legal, it's the only schooling. Recess is on Olympus Mons.
12. The FDA has no jurisdiction over your potato farm. Watney did nothing wrong.
13. Eminent domain: no. Who would seize your regolith? Nobody wants it. That's why it's free.
14. The only "air tax" is voluntary. Breathing is a choice. Choose wisely.
15. Open carry isn't just legal — it's encouraged. That pressure suit wasn't cheap.
16. No burn permits required for bonfires. Good luck lighting one.
17. Every Earth treaty expires at the Kármán line. Probably. We're not lawyers. There are no lawyers.
18. No seatbelt laws. No helmet laws. (We strongly recommend the helmet.)
19. Tired of your HOA? Walk 50 meters in any direction and found your own sovereign nation.
20. Socialism is physically impossible here — there's nothing to redistribute but rocks, and you can pick up your own.