A new option for global citizenship?


	A new option for global citizenship?

wildcat

5-19-2008 4:33 AM

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future, seastead, ocean

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5-19-2008 5:49 AM

willhelm

I can see it now. A libertarian 21st century Atlas shrugged. This is spectacular.

5-19-2008 6:47 AM

wildcat

love your metaphor.. willhelm..

5-19-2008 3:09 PM

carrerinyes

Sign me up...please!

5-22-2008 1:55 PM

swampfoxz

I'm in but we have to work on the no clothing thing.

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Tired of the United States and the other 190-odd nations on Earth?
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If a small team of Silicon Valley millionaires get their way, in a few years, you could have a new option for global citizenship: A permanent, quasi-sovereign nation floating in international waters.
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