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Why would you want to live in a theme-park on a remote jungle island in a volatile jurisdiction with a bunch of assholes?

habeebtc 5y ago
Some people cannot conceive of the thing falling apart and everyone dying of hunger and thirst. It is rather less tropical but Put In Bay fits the bill much better.
- netflixandkill 5y ago
  The best place to get STDs in the great lakes.
runarberg 5y ago
I’m guessing they are trying to appeal to speculators who are gambling that the value of the property will increase. The business model might resemble a pyramid shape.
pavlov 5y ago
Isn’t that the exact promise of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City, except for the island part.
- narrator 5y ago
  You can already move to crypto land. You can buy residency in El Salvador for 3 bitcoin. There's even a tropical beach there. What? You don't like poor people? Tough luck pal. Besides, in your tiny little crypto island who's going to make your bed, take out the trash, make your meals and clean the toilets? Robots? Places like Aspen, or other towns for the super rich usually have a nearby middle class town for all the oompa loompahs. There's no island anywhere of only rich beautiful people.
  - shp0ngle 5y ago
    Notice how most of the people in this video are white guys. Most women are there to serve the guys. That's how it is in crypto utopia.
rsynnott 5y ago
So, there's actually a bit of a history of libertarian-ish types doing this sort of this thing. Examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voyage-satoshi-cryptocurrency-cruise-ship-seassteading https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voya... It doesn't generally end well.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago
  It's like the level Seaside Shock in Cruelty Squad A group of seasteaders have recently acquired vast fortunes through biocurrency speculation. It wasn't however enough to attain their dream of building an artificial floating island on the open seas, so they've had to settle for a compromise and have purchased their own cruise ship, the 'Titanium Princess'. It is now a den of pathetic losers living out their depraved fantasies.
- Nursie 5y ago
  I like the story of Grafton NH and how things actually turned out when libertarians started to take over a town - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-...
- wernsey 5y ago
  I like to point people to the Rational Wiki for their articles on topics such as these, which tend to be very entertaining: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Seasteading https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Seasteading

habeebtc 5y ago

Some people cannot conceive of the thing falling apart and everyone dying of hunger and thirst. It is rather less tropical but Put In Bay fits the bill much better.

netflixandkill 5y ago
The best place to get STDs in the great lakes.

runarberg 5y ago

I’m guessing they are trying to appeal to speculators who are gambling that the value of the property will increase. The business model might resemble a pyramid shape.

pavlov 5y ago

Isn’t that the exact promise of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City, except for the island part.

narrator 5y ago
You can already move to crypto land. You can buy residency in El Salvador for 3 bitcoin. There's even a tropical beach there. What? You don't like poor people? Tough luck pal. Besides, in your tiny little crypto island who's going to make your bed, take out the trash, make your meals and clean the toilets? Robots? Places like Aspen, or other towns for the super rich usually have a nearby middle class town for all the oompa loompahs. There's no island anywhere of only rich beautiful people.
- shp0ngle 5y ago
  Notice how most of the people in this video are white guys. Most women are there to serve the guys. That's how it is in crypto utopia.

rsynnott 5y ago

So, there's actually a bit of a history of libertarian-ish types doing this sort of this thing. Examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voyage-satoshi-cryptocurrency-cruise-ship-seassteading https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voya... It doesn't generally end well.

2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago
It's like the level Seaside Shock in Cruelty Squad A group of seasteaders have recently acquired vast fortunes through biocurrency speculation. It wasn't however enough to attain their dream of building an artificial floating island on the open seas, so they've had to settle for a compromise and have purchased their own cruise ship, the 'Titanium Princess'. It is now a den of pathetic losers living out their depraved fantasies.
Nursie 5y ago
I like the story of Grafton NH and how things actually turned out when libertarians started to take over a town - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-...
wernsey 5y ago
I like to point people to the Rational Wiki for their articles on topics such as these, which tend to be very entertaining: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Seasteading https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Seasteading