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I read: "Seasteading is building floating societies with significant political autonomy". So when they go outside the jurisdiction (and protection) of a nation
by ifdefdebug 7y ago
I read: "Seasteading is building floating societies with significant political autonomy".
So when they go outside the jurisdiction (and protection) of a nation-state and their law enforcement, the first question that comes to my mind is: what about piracy?
And as a matter of fact, they have a youtube channel "tough questions" talking about that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PLUZ9bzUGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PLUZ9bzUGY) - tldr: it's gonna be private security firms, so it's not gonna be cheap ... and they claim only 2% of world's oceans are even considered piracy waters, but I think that's going to change as soon as there are wealthy communities floating in unprotected waters ...
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- pitaj 7y ago> it's gonna be private security firms, so it's not gonna be cheap One could say that police and military are not cheap either
- Areading314 7y agoMaybe they'll just have to go around and collect donations from residents to pay the security. And just require them to pay if they don't raise enough ...
- mkohlmyr 7y agoWhile I'm very much on-side with you on this one, I suppose their argument would be that it would be a voluntary association.
- InitialLastName 7y agoSure, right until they start applying it to people who are born and raised there and don't have the resources to travel and start lives somewhere else.