The Quest for a Libertarian Island Paradise
Raymond B. Craib's new book recounts how Michael Oliver repeatedly tried to create a new country with a government funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
Raymond B. Craib's new book recounts how Michael Oliver repeatedly tried to create a new country with a government funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
The new film never wavers in its appreciation for these seasteading heroes as they piss off all the right people in pursuit of their slice of utopia.
If a tiny floating cottage brought down the wrath of the Thai navy, is there any hope for stateless life at sea?
Maybe the ocean is a place where we can experiment with new ways of living.
The Thai government thinks floating around just outside its territorial waters could justify a death sentence for seasteaders.
Chad Elwartowski sees the spar beneath his seastead as a floating middle finger to those who "want to control other people's lives through force."
Two libertarians now have a private home off the coast of Thailand-proof of concept for a world of more competitive governance and greater ocean environmental health.
"Golden Visas" and the glories of decoupling citizenship from nationalism.
New promise for floating free communities in a Polynesian lagoon—but is the movement leaving libertarianism behind?
If the bureaucratic hurdles can be jumped, a real seastead could be floating in French Polynesian water in 2018.
Jim O'Neill condemned by Gizmodo as "insane" for believing in regulatory techniques that can speed life-saving medicines to market
Doesn't give reason why. Also: Historical GOP convention declaration that he's "proud to be gay" flies fine with crowd.
You probably can't make a libertarian paradise in a Croatian marsh. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
Wired argues that "Silicon Valley is Letting Go of Its Techie Island Fantasies" on insufficient evidence.
Libertarians may need to engage in politics simply to buy as much time as possible to secure permission for exit paths that are not allowed today.
Set up sovereign nation in off-shore fort in the North Sea
We need all the alternatives to big arthritic government we can get.
Floating Burning Man, "jurisdictional arbitrage," and other adventures in anarchism
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