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| Subject: Via Anarcho-Capitalists' Forum: The Floating City, Long a Libertarian Dream, Faces Rough Seas Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:46 pm | |
| The Seasteading Institute wants to construct a network of ocean structures to liberate humanity from state control (and taxes).
In 1972, millionaire Michael Oliver founded a sovereign state off the coast of Tonga. He chose a shallow reef buffeted by ocean currents, and contracted a company to build an island dredged from the seabed. Oliver named his small island the Republic of Minerva, declared independence, and minted currency. This riled the King of Tonga, who rallied an army to depose his rival. Over time, the sea gradually reclaimed the sand, and the millionaire’s tiny utopia was no more.
More: https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/04/the-unsinkable-dream-of-the-floating-city/559058/ |
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