I know Ian and the FSP guys have said the Free State Project wouldn't be possible without the internet. The FSP is definately an answer to a political problem.
While the FSP certainly benefits from the speed of communication, it is not dependent upon it.
I cite as evidence the greenie socialist migration to Vermont beginning in the early 1970s. Without the 'Net it happened, just as a migration to New Hampshire could have been started by Soren's article in a paper magazine, such as _Liberty_, then written up in _Freedom Daily_ and the _Journal of Libertarian Studies_, or an article in _The Free Market_.
Talk radio pre-exists the (commercial, non-government) 'Net, as does ham-radio, something I certainly would have been actively doing if not for the 'Net having made long-distance personal communication so very much easier than learning Morse code.
Would it have gotten as big as it is, as quickly as it has? No. And Free Talk Live might exist only as two guys and a microphone somewhere in the 2-meter band. But it could exist.
The 'Net is nothing but a medium of communication, no different than a soap-box and a megaphone.