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Yeah, when you set up shop on someone else's sovereign territory, one day, at some point, you're going to have a bad time. The state's monopoly on violence is
by caspper69 2y ago
Yeah, when you set up shop on someone else's sovereign territory, one day, at some point, you're going to have a bad time.
The state's monopoly on violence is the ultimate tiebreaker, although as noted, there are many other ways these governments can extract concessions (banking, utilities, telecom, egress (!!)).
That's why Uncle Sam is nice to have on your side. A libertarian utopia or corporate controlled trading zone doesn't stand a chance without the backing of a sovereign with a military.
- tjalfi 2y ago> That's why Uncle Sam is nice to have on your side. A libertarian utopia or corporate controlled trading zone doesn't stand a chance without the backing of a sovereign with a military. The Republic of Minerva[0] is a good example of this. Some libertarians built an artificial island on a reef and the neighboring country of Tonga annexed it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva
- andriesm 2y agoThank you Minerva was really fascinating. The movie "Rose Island" about a hippie ancap seasteading micronation that ends up being taken out by the Italian government. It seems there's a long history of these ancapistans' being terminated by nearby governments' militaries.