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Ignoring if what he did was right or wrong, you have to a admit it is a pretty good social hack. But could it be an even better hack? What if he started a bus

Ignoring if what he did was right or wrong, you have to a admit it is a pretty good social hack. But could it be an even better hack? What if he started a business, leased all that land, after a while filed for bankruptcy because you know the business "earnestly" was going to raise funding for exploration but then that darn financial crisis... Then the bankruptcy preceding drag on for a while and when the leases come up for auction again... another small company... Rinse and repeat.

sethg 18y ago
He didn't have time to pull off such an elborate hack, because the Bush Administration organized this auction in a big hurry, hoping to get as much land as possible leased out before Bush left office. If the whole auction is declared void and repeated, then when it happens again, the Obama Administration will run the show.