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A couple of $100M political donations may win hearts and bi-partisan support of some decision makers in one powerful country. An offer to Belize along the lines

by Aspos 5y ago

A couple of $100M political donations may win hearts and bi-partisan support of some decision makers in one powerful country. An offer to Belize along the lines of "Hey, we will fund higher education of all your citizens for the next 50 years if you let us secede" may get people listening. "Hey, we will build several top-class hospitals and huge solar farms if you recognize us" may interest neighboring countries. All in all it may take less money than some startups raise.

csomar 5y ago
> A couple of $100M political donations may win hearts and bi-partisan support of some decision makers in one powerful country. An offer to Belize along the lines of "Hey, we will fund higher education of all your citizens for the next 50 years if you let us secede" may get people listening. "Hey, we will build several top-class hospitals and huge solar farms if you recognize us" may interest neighboring countries. You can already "buy" a small/third-world country with that kind of money. No need to go mess up with an island.
- zozbot234 5y ago
  $100M is not that much money. I'm pretty sure that's less than the money already going towards charter cities, which are actually a meaningful possibility and currently being developed e.g. in Honduras Special Development Zones.
  - csomar 5y ago
    I mean buy the politician in that third-world crap-hole and get your way around the laws/rules of that country.
daniel-cussen 5y ago
Taxes basically. The motivation is to avoid paying taxes but every country that's a country has to pay taxes, it's just too obviously necessary. Same thing as pooling money for a party, even investing is pooling money. I can't recommend you be as tax-docile as I am, I don't spend any time recommending it to anybody, but come on. "Taxation" is considered such a bad thing but there's just no way for eg. an orphan to have a dignified existence without it. Donations just don't work, depending on them is too degrading, the orphans end up having to forcibly write thank-you notes if they want the less-bad food (thank-you notes on a good day, there's much worse). That is bullshit. I'd rather pay taxes (in my case way above what is mandatory) and have those orphans write fuck-you notes instead. To whom? To all the people in society who want to benefit from their vulnerability.

by Aspos 5y ago

csomar 5y ago

> A couple of $100M political donations may win hearts and bi-partisan support of some decision makers in one powerful country. An offer to Belize along the lines of "Hey, we will fund higher education of all your citizens for the next 50 years if you let us secede" may get people listening. "Hey, we will build several top-class hospitals and huge solar farms if you recognize us" may interest neighboring countries. You can already "buy" a small/third-world country with that kind of money. No need to go mess up with an island.

zozbot234 5y ago
$100M is not that much money. I'm pretty sure that's less than the money already going towards charter cities, which are actually a meaningful possibility and currently being developed e.g. in Honduras Special Development Zones.
- csomar 5y ago
  I mean buy the politician in that third-world crap-hole and get your way around the laws/rules of that country.

daniel-cussen 5y ago

Taxes basically. The motivation is to avoid paying taxes but every country that's a country has to pay taxes, it's just too obviously necessary. Same thing as pooling money for a party, even investing is pooling money. I can't recommend you be as tax-docile as I am, I don't spend any time recommending it to anybody, but come on. "Taxation" is considered such a bad thing but there's just no way for eg. an orphan to have a dignified existence without it. Donations just don't work, depending on them is too degrading, the orphans end up having to forcibly write thank-you notes if they want the less-bad food (thank-you notes on a good day, there's much worse). That is bullshit. I'd rather pay taxes (in my case way above what is mandatory) and have those orphans write fuck-you notes instead. To whom? To all the people in society who want to benefit from their vulnerability.