{"id":7233,"date":"2017-05-28T06:05:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T06:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=7233"},"modified":"2017-05-28T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T06:06:21","slug":"kevin-baugh-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2017\/05\/kevin-baugh-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Transhumanist Party Interview with Kevin Baugh, President of Molossia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rationalbusinessjournal.rationalargumentator.com\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><big><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">G. Stolyarov II<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<p>To celebrate Founders\u2019 Day \u2013 the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Molossia \u2013 representatives of the U.S. and Nevada Transhumanist Parties made an international trip on May 27, 2017, to join President Kevin Baugh in his micronation.<\/p>\n<p>Gennady\u00a0Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, interviewed President Baugh on what attributes are needed to form a successful, long-lasting micronation, how micronationalism can inform our understanding of politics, countries, and governments, and how technology is essential to the development of micronations. Both micronationalism and technology have the potential to bring people closer together in terms of finding others who share similar interests and goals.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXM5nMNXd98\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This speech by President Baugh provides background into the founding of Molossia and the concept behind it, as well as the ambitions for its future as a leading micronation of the world.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1zFq7XToDlo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Find out about the Republic of Molossia <a href=\"http:\/\/molossia.org\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0and read its Wikipedia entry <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Molossia\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website <a href=\"http:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/IpUjooEZjnfOFUMi2\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Section XXII of the <a href=\"http:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/constitution\/#Article3\">U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform<\/a>\u00a0reads: \u201cThe United States Transhumanist Party supports efforts at political, economic, and cultural experimentation in the form of seasteads and micronations. Specifically, the United States Transhumanist Party recognizes the existence and sovereignty of the Principality of Sealand, the Republic of Molossia, and the Free Republic of Liberland, and supports the recognition of these entities by all governments and political parties of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II ****************************** To celebrate Founders\u2019 Day \u2013 the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Molossia \u2013 representatives of the U.S. and Nevada Transhumanist Parties made an international trip on May 27, 2017, to join President Kevin Baugh in his micronation. Gennady\u00a0Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, interviewed President Baugh on what attributes are needed to form a successful, long-lasting micronation, how micronationalism can inform our understanding of politics, countries, and governments, and how&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2017\/05\/kevin-baugh-interview\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,104],"tags":[40,2695,5209,5206,5204,5207,5208,251,4291,95,5210,109,105,1583,4280],"class_list":["post-7233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-transhumanism","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-interview","tag-kevin-baugh","tag-leadership","tag-micronation","tag-micronationalism","tag-molossia","tag-nevada","tag-nevada-transhumanist-party","tag-progress","tag-republic-of-molossia","tag-technology","tag-transhumanism-2","tag-transhumanist","tag-transhumanist-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7237,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions\/7237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}