Astral Codex Ten
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Who among us hasn t looked out at the great edifice of human civilization in all its complexity, and thought Yeah okay but I could do it better ? Centuries of utopian communes, micronations, and seasteads have dreamed of rebuilding society from first principles, free from entrenched interests and the debris of the past. If you got all the laws and values just right, maybe you could prevent poverty and corruption from finding their first footholds. Do the liberty and justice for all thing, but for real.
And who among us, having had the dream, hasn t entered into multi-year negotiations with the government of Honduras? Taken advantage of a clause in the Honduras-Kuwait Treaty Of Reciprocal Investment guaranteeing them their right to pursue their vision unmolested? Raised millions in venture capital and bought land on a Caribbean island to turn it into a reality?