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The problem here is that as soon as you build a platform in the sea and declare yourself independent from any country, you have to be able to protect it, too. B
by piramida 16y ago
The problem here is that as soon as you build a platform in the sea and declare yourself independent from any country, you have to be able to protect it, too. Because nothing would stop someone from taking over your highly intelligent platform with a help of a banal machine gun.
The world outside of developed countries is still a very unhappy place to live. Many micronation island projects failed badly in a few years being taken over by pirates.
- danenania 16y agoI think defending against pirates would be economically feasible through private security. The more serious problem would be defending against aggressive states. Real political progress would entail policies like legalized drugs, freedom of information and ideas, physical currency, etc. that would likely raise the ire of powerful states. Like the article says, these kinds of political experiments have the potential to act as competition toward established nations. Sadly, I think that nations would realize this and attempt to preempt the challenge through force if they could, this being their main advantage.