Milton Friedman’s grandson Patri has a vision that might have made the economist proud: to build a floating libertarian nation 12 miles off the coast of California.
Billed as “Burning Man meets Silicon Valley meets the water,” the planned nation flotilla would be constructed on a variety of barges and water platforms within sight of San Francisco. It would include everything from homes, schools and hospitals to bikes for transportation and aqua farms for food.
Despite the widespread skepticism that the project is bound to invite, Friedman already has secured more than $2 million in venture capital for the development, which strives to create a free-market society in which members are free to form their own governing structures.
My favorite bit of commentary on the recurring libertarian fantasy of “let’s go make a state somewhere!” is Stross, but I can’t find the damn thing. Something about how setting up a state with minimal restrictions on firearms, drugs, and probably focused on international money laundering would get you invaded almost immediately.
I think this was the same thing, but one article mentioned medical services. So instead of flying to Taiwan to get a cheap sex change, you’d fly to this little man made city off the coast.
