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The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this man made island in international waters was that someone can just get a boat and a few armed men and rob th
by zw123456 11y ago
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this man made island in international waters was that someone can just get a boat and a few armed men and rob the place. I agree with all the complaints about government surveillance, intrusion and so on, but the one thing that they do provide that would be sort of important for a place like that is protection. So then they would have to raise money for an army to protect themselves... next thing you know you are paying taxes for the military...and so on and son, you get the idea, you are right back where you started.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoThat doesn't need to be a slippery slope. It's possible to stop after constructing the amount of government needed to solve that problem.
- davidgerard 11y agoIn several thousand years' history, can you list examples where this has occurred?
- JoshTriplett 11y agoStopping? Not for all of history, but for significant periods of time during the formation of a new government, before it eventually grows out of control. But sadly, yes, it was meant more as a theoretical possibility rather than one anyone has actually pulled off.