>>11
>There are grass-roots efforts and websites all over Internet land and probably also in a local phone book.
So how are decisions made?
>how does one go about in keeping government chained down and small?
You can't beyond changing political culture for reasons
>>2 mentioned. I generally agree with the "road to serfdom" and all that but the post-war socialism fad in the 50s through to the 70s ran out of steam despite major social changes in it's favor, the equilibrium society reached was nowhere near totalitarian, you would need some pretty extreme conditions in order for Hayek's predictions to come true.
>>12
Make sure the army swears loyalty to you and keep a cabal of generals and shit so if one decides to overthrow an elected government it doesn't cause a shitstorm.