—without direct influence from any government entity.—
Or the protection it affords.
The “floating artificial nation” is a recurring theme. http://oceania.org/ was a notable libertarian version for a while.
These preposterous megaprojects (which BTW delight me) seem to exist as a means to a nifty modestly profitable business. Propose spending enough money on something huge, and money will roll in to fund studies and produce reports and present proposals for several years - a tidy salary for those involved, putting food on the table & roofs over heads. Other comparable projects are/were the span bridge over the Strait of Gibraltar, the billion-dollar indoor ski resort near Atlanta, the space elevator, and various private space tourism projects. Of course, that such projects do on rare occasion come to fruition keeps the money coming. They’re fun to follow (I think far more entertaining than lottery tickets).
Wow a commune that floats on the water. Never heard of such a thing.
Yes, this utopian fantasy is bound to be much more lasting than building it on the sand.
I predict that the various gubbermints of the planet will be about as tolerant of this as they were towards Pirate Radio stations broadcasting at sea.
Waterworld (Kevin Costner)was ahead of its time.
“If Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel has his way, that wild idea may be just a few years away. The wealthy venture capitalist is putting his money behind Blueseed, a company that promises to create an offshore luxury barge where young entrepreneurs can work, live, and socialize, all without the constraints of a modern city”
Sounds like a modern-day recipe for.... “Atlantis II”...
It’s a fantasy for sure. It might make a nice resort to visit, but I doubt a civilized society would last long.
But in order for it to have any chance of success, it would have to be much more self sufficient (larger) and be exclusionary.
When pilgrims migrated first to the new country and then westward, it was out of hope and desperation based on the ideology of freedom. This plan seems to be born more of principle and fad. A society based on priorities will fail as the priorities shift. It’s innevitable.
For proof I offer the gravitation of America away from its founding values and core individualistic principles and toward a more prioritization of the social well being of the entire populace. Everything in American government today is about what the latest priority to be “fixed” is and there is little thought about the long term affect or the good of the next generation.
Social Security is the most obvious example. It is widely recognized as doomed to fail. But we keep “fixing” it as the next failure milestone approaches instead of abandoning it completely.
The man is obviously rich enough to buy world-class drugs. His brain is fried. His PayPal co-founder, Elon Musk (co-founder of Tesla electric cars), does not have a grip on reality either.
Good thing tsunamis and hurricanes no longer exist.
In short:
“I and my friends, are better than you.”
This was already done some ages back and worked out pretty well.
Anyone care to guess what I am referring to?
