Sea going Libertarians. . (Milton Freidman's grandson's Grand Design)

[annabanana]

This is the funniest thing I have read in months!

http://www.alternet.org/politics/140253/seasteading%3A_libertarians_set_to_launch_a_%28wet%29_dream_of_%27freedom%27_in_international_waters/?page=entire

A fringe brand of libertarians have been planning to escape the iron fist of democracy by founding a new country in the middle of the ocean.

In an essay published by the Cato Institute earlier this year, Friedman proclaimed that democracy was "not the answer" for libertarians who wanted to live in true freedom because "libertarians are a minority" and thus "winning electoral victories is a hopeless endeavor."

Friedman said that seasteading was his personal solution to this problem because, "expensive though ocean platforms are, they are still cheap compared to winning a war, an election, or a revolution." Additionally, Friedman pointed out that "the unique nature of the fluid ocean surface means that cities can be built in a modular fashion where entire buildings can be detached and floated away."

In other words, if one seastead platform decides to sell out and implement tax hikes, libertarian True Believers can stick it to The Man by floating their house farther out into the ocean. Suck on that, Obama!

My fav line from article:
Although seasteading is very clearly a pie-in-the-sea project, it has amazingly attracted a $500,000 donation from PayPal founder Peter Thiel, whose enthusiasm for seasteads derives from his belief that freedom and democracy are "no longer … compatible."

[armyowalgreens]

1. This is a face-palm moment.

Indeed.:wow:

[annabanana]

2. You gotta love the reason he's not afraid of pirates. .

OR nearby countries not happy there's a foreign entity undermining their laws floating just offshore...

[sendero]

3. I've known...

... libertarians were bat-shit crazy for years. Now everyone can know.

[marmar]

4. Gee, I hope the boat was inspected by that govt. bureaucracy they so despise....

n/t

[billyoc]

5. Bon Voyage!

:rofl:

[JVS]

6. I hope they get hit by a hurricane and all die.

[unpossibles]

7. This is actually a Libertarian movement I could get behind and support

In fact, I'll donate $50 if they all just go start their own floating country right now. Please. Just go. And take all the other asshats with you.

Please. Go! I can't wait to see how they all will somehow become mega-rich without the horrors of taxation and all of the awful things caused by living in a modern society. I suppose they assume they can just buy off the pirates, etc. with the police/mercenaries they hire. I wonder how long they'll last.