Mark Twain, 1800's: "Buy land. They've stopped making it"
The Seasteading Institute, 2008: Production Resuming.
greyraven_r
Interest
- Level of interest in seasteading
- Might want to move someday
- Timeline for seasteading
- 10-20 years
- What kind of society are you interested in living in?
- [1] As a general rule, I don't like arbitrary rules, but the need for some rules is a necessary evil when you're dealing with human nature . [2] I believe that a society does need to have protective and (unfortunately) prohibitive laws in place, but I believe enforcement should be on a "no harm, no foul" basis. Enforcement of any law should be limited to incidents that involve personal injury, property loss and/or damage, and violation of expressed personal liberties. [3] Members of law enforcement (police, judges, legislators & government executives, as well as their aides) should be held to a higher standard than those they "lord over". Such as criminal penalties for the aforementioned group should be at-least twice as severe as for the rest of us. [4] In general I don't believe that a government should dictate, or regulate, the personal lives of it's citizens, with reasonable exceptions regarding child and animal welfare. [5] Equatable taxation, such as a percentage (say 20%, 5% each to Federal, State, County, and Locality) of sales/service "consumption tax" to provide and maintain the operating expenses of managing a service providing society, is the key to balancing the tax burden. [6] The environment can best be protected by an "Environmental Impact Tax", an additional percentage (say 0-30%, divided as necessary between the points of origin, use, and disposal) of sales/service as determined by the environmental impact of the product/service from raw material, manufacture, packaging, transport, end use, and disposal. [7] Government should (on sound and competitive business practices) participate (manufacture, sales and service) in the economy and that business (service and management) has a place on the ballot..."regulation through competition". [8] I believe in direct voting, with minimal administrative offices being required. [9] I believe in natural selection over liberal "equality. Darwin awards should be officially recognized government citations. If you can't breed, then DON"T. Look both ways and DON"T walk in front of moving vehicles. If you catch a burglar/trespassing vandal, you should be allowed to keep them. If you don't legitimately qualify, then you shouldn't get it. [10] Citizenship should, in all cases, be earned. Mandatory minimal levels of military training (service being more optional), public/community service (which includes voting), time of residency, functional command of the official language (which should exist!), and the survival natural disaster or act of war within said nation's boundaries/territories. [11] Property rights, in general, ARE the public interest. [12] Censorship is fine, as long as it is limited to censors. [13] Gun control is hitting what you aim at. All citizens should be furnished with a long arm and a side arm to KEEP and BARE as part of their compulsory military training., As a sampling of "my society", Grei R. S. Walker
Personal Information
- Country
- U.S.A.
- Attribution Name
- Grei R. S. Walker
- Location
- Smithville, Oh. 44677
- Bio
- http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=88138825
History
- Member for
- 31 weeks 2 days