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Given that it's difficult to ship oil without pirates appearing on the horizon I think it will be difficult to create a floating state without weapons, standing
by dazzawazza 18y ago
Given that it's difficult to ship oil without pirates appearing on the horizon I think it will be difficult to create a floating state without weapons, standing armies, police, judges... and before you know it your in the mess we are in. am I being too pessimistic?
- jimbokun 18y ago"Minerva was soon invaded by the nearby kingdom of Tonga..." No, you're not.
- randallsquared 18y agoI think conflating pirates and governmental invasion misses the point. If pirates attack, you can shoot them (and modern-day pirates, at least, seem easily deterred by bigger guns). If a state attacks, such as what happened with Tonga, you're likely to be attacked by other states if you successfully defend yourself.
- Prrometheus 18y agoCommercial vehicles have very large valuable goods/people and valuable goods/security personnel ratios. I doubt pirates find it profitable to attack seasteads, which are both more troublesome and less lucrative.