The Seasteading Institute

Reply To: baystead, marine interest, freedom, historical ties

for those who are interested in the political and social implications of seasteading, investigating how the seapower cartago and the land power rome went into a conflict about commerce and the seapower cartago finally got destroyed in the punic wars might be useful

It is also little known that VENICE lend its name to VENEZUELA (small venice in spain) especially the area of the bay of Maracaibo where settlements on stilts over water reminded the sailors to Venice. As well Venice as the bay of maracaibo, and Cartago (call them historic baysteads with extended commercial marine interest) had close ties to free spirited mariners that are historicly called pirates. Their de facto solutions of living together in community on ships and in land settlements where direct blueprints of the US constitution. (all men are equal).

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house on stilts in maracaibo

Venice, Cartago, Maracaibo, Palm Dubai, can be seen as forms of transition from land living to seasteading. The Seasteading Outpost Belize project suggested something similar.

Maybe if the punic wars had not be won by the landpower rome but by the seapower cartago our cultural fundaments would be much more sea oriented and we would seastead already...

Wil