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John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police
New submitter thn writes "John McAfee, who started the antivirus software giant named after him, has been accused of murder in Belize and is wanted. McAfee had taken to 'posting on a drug-focused Russian message board...about his attempts to purify the psychoactive compounds colloquially known as "bath salts,"' Gizmodo wrote. The scariest aspect of this story may be the fact that an entire lab was constructed for John McAfee's research purposes. Because of his efforts to extract chemicals from natural chemical plans McAfee was able to justify his experiments in a country that is largely unregulated."
Sounds a lot like what people think a libertarian paradise should look like: low regulation, freedom to do almost anything you want on your property, etc. Little did they mention that it means having to keep a personal standing army around, negotiating with other local power brokers, securing health care through direct, personal efforts, and all kinds of other fun stuff that makes dealing with the IRS a happy fun time walk in the park.
To me, this sounds like it's some local payback for McAfee having failed to do much negotiating with local power brokers. If you want to be your own island, it means you also do your own foreign policy. As a result, I have little compassion for McAfee, or little interest in the story. It pretty much just confirm what I always suspected was going to happen to assholes with money pursuing their liberal fantasy.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.