Comments on: Seasteading And The Wall Of Dirt

By: danb

danb — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:36:21 +0000

It’s worth critiquing the whole “unification” concept. Everyone has always assumed unification is good, but why?

The old slogan “United we stand, divided we fall” needs to be reversed: “United we sink, divided we swim”.

By: sconzey

sconzey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:21:16 +0000

This is true — strong borders cut both ways.

I think we’re a long way from a time when anyone with the capability is going to think about torpedoing seasteads. I can’t honestly imagine the US getting away with torpedoing a seastead flying the flag of a sovereign nation unless it was producing nuclear weapons. I can’t honestly imagine the US getting away with boarding a seastead in international waters unless it was producing and exporting psychoactives.

Hopefully, by the time seasteads want/need to do either of those things, they’ll be better placed to defend themselves.

By: Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:04:47 +0000

It is often annoying to find that people, even writing about the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, don’t seem to make the connection the USA border wall. A wall strong enough to keep foreigners out is more than strong enough to keep Americans in. A strong border policy is dangerous, and the lessons of Eastern Europe have not been learned.

In addition to being easy to move about, large structures on the ocean are extremely vulnerable. A sub launched ballistic missile, even non-nuclear, could take out nearly any structure you imagine. A single amphibious task force could land on and take over nearly any structure you imagine. Dirt and granite have their advantages.

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By: Scalping Elmo

Scalping Elmo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:08:22 +0000

You state that competition of ideas is an inexorable force. Yet, I checked the big faq again, and the statement about agorism stands. Incremental progress my friend, that is how seasteads will be accomplished, and that is how agorism will flourish.

The largest military in the world will be defeated by the fiat currency that funds it. No fiat currency has stood the test of time.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:58:58 +0000

Watching videos of the night of the fall on youtube I’ve noticed that most of the East Berliners leaving were planning on returning. They weren’t planning on returning because the rules were better on the east side but because their homes were stuck there. if they could have moved their homes to the west side i’m sure some of them would have left for good that very night. i think thinking about this helps illustrate how seasteading would allow people to take their homes with them and thereby reduce the cost of voting with one’s feet.

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Link Archipelago: Fall of the Wall Edition « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:46:24 +0000

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