Current Events > TIL: Back in 2013, a group of rich Libertarians proposed buying Belle Isle...
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Solar_Crimson 09/17/21 3:31:46 PM #1: |
...And turning it into a Libertarian commonwealth with a $300k citizenship fee and only monorail--no car--access. It would also have had its own currency: "Rands".
https://www.michiganradio.org/economy/2013-01-16/commonwealth-of-belle-isle-the-worlds-next-city-state  No surprise that this never happened. --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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krazychao5 09/17/21 3:35:55 PM #2: |
cool, i work right by there.
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RoseLuck2022462 09/17/21 3:37:17 PM #3: |
Too bad it never happened
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s0nicfan 09/17/21 3:37:18 PM #4: |
They Called it... Rapture.
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Questionmarktarius 09/17/21 3:40:53 PM #5: |
A "libertarian" society without a constant refugee problem is already a hypocrisy.
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IShall_Run_Amok 09/17/21 3:44:24 PM #6: |
Imagine a whole Island full of those stupid cows.
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SocialistGamer 09/17/21 3:45:13 PM #7: |
We could toss all the anti-vaxxers in there.
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Southernfatman 09/17/21 3:48:58 PM #8: |
Weren't some people going to do the same, but on a decommissioned oil rig or something too?
Let them. I want to watch it fail. --- https://imgur.com/hslUvRN When I sin I sin real good. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 09/17/21 3:49:54 PM #9: |
Southernfatman posted...
Weren't some people going to do the same, but on a decommissioned oil rig or something too?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand ... Copied to Clipboard!
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luigi13579 09/17/21 3:54:51 PM #11: |
I liked this libertarian 'utopia' that developed a bear problem:
https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project And this one where one of the main founders was a huge grifter and fell out with everyone: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bn53b3/atlas-mugged-922-v21n10 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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