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> Then don't fly a flag. You try that. If you don't fly the flag - you are not under the protection of any sovereign nation and are essentially subject to the
by confluence 14y ago
> Then don't fly a flag.
You try that. If you don't fly the flag - you are not under the protection of any sovereign nation and are essentially subject to the powers of any other.
> territorial waters of a country where such activities are illegal.
No - they don't get harassed until they get detected - if we knew where they were - we'd take them out in international waters.
> anyone can opt into and opt out of at any time.
You can do that now - move to Somalia.
> risks and decide if the reward is good enough
So just ignore that part then - caveat emptor right?
- ChuckMcM 14y agoMost seasteaders would prefer to define their own sovereignty. And of course this has its issues with respect to being attacked by various folks, pirates, navies of various countries, etc. A fairly good writeup appeared in Ars Technica [1]. James Grimmalman, a professor of Law at New York Law School, did a legal analysis which was fairly widely cited as well. [1] http://arstechnica.com/features/2008/06/seasteading-engineering-the-long-tail/ http://arstechnica.com/features/2008/06/seasteading-engineer... [2] http://stevereads.com/papers_to_read/sealand_havenco_and_the_rule_of_law.pdf http://stevereads.com/papers_to_read/sealand_havenco_and_the...