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Paypal Founder Helping Build Artificial Island Nations

Posted by Unknown on from the principality-of-sealand-declares-war dept.

MadMartigan2001 writes with a pretty crazy article on a project involving floating libertarian paradises. From the article: "PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters. Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms to occupy waters beyond the reach of law-of-the-sea treaties."

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  1. I know! by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know what would come in real handy?!
    A barge with a nuclear reactor to provide electricity!

    --

    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. An important public service by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quarantining rabid libertarians out in the middle of the ocean? Where can I send my contribution to this marvelous project?

  3. Re:Beyond the protection of the law, too by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That'll make for an interesting story for the grandkids. "We came to this land to pirate software freely, but then we ran into those looking to freely pirate our land."

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  4. Old joke by sourcerror · · Score: 3, Funny

    Old Hungarian joke:
    - Where do you work?
    - At the Ministry of Naval Affairs.
    - Are you kidding, we don't even have a seashore!
    - Hey, we got a Ministry of Public Welfare too.

  5. Re:Only as "free" as your ability to defend it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    obstetrical

    "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."

  6. Re:Only as "free" as your ability to defend it by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kill the pig! Slit her throat!
    Bash her in! Kill the pig!

    Slit her throat!
    Bash her in! Kill the pig!

    Slit her throat! Bash her in!
    Kill the pig! Slit her throat!

    Bash her in!
    Kill the pig!

    Look. We killed a pig!
    We stole up on it!

    You let the fire out.

    We can light it up again.

    You should have been
    with us, Ralph.

    There was lots of blood!
    You should have seen it.

    --
    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."