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Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 14 May 2001 16:36:39 GMT
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > If you read around a bit. You'll find that libertarians did try to set up
> > > their own nation (in the 70's I think). I think it was called the Minerva
> > > Project(?).
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> > Minerva is but one of many failed attempts. They go to prove Larry's claim
> > that there is an impermiable barrier to entry. Unfortunate.
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> Unfortunate indeed. Did Minerva not involve the use of force to take the
> land of others?? Very libertarian.
I guess maybe a few hundred people would probably claim that it did involve the
use of force to conquor the area. But the other six billion, when presented
with the facts would not.
Mike Oliver went to an unused atoll and used dredging techniques
to build up a "reef." As a result, he actually owned his own country
for a few months. But then it got nasty. The kind of Tonga wanted
him out of the neighborhood and invaded the young nation, capturing them
entirely and subjugating them under Tongan rule.
For more information, get the book _How To Start Your Own Country_
which I think is published by Loompanics.
Does that fit your sense of right and wrong Scott?
Chris
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