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bcheung
on March 22, 2014
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It Is Time For Basic Income
Check out the Sea Steading Institute. They are pushing towards colonizing the ocean and allow groups to form their own nations. If we can form tons of new nations to test out new ideas of government we will quickly learn what works and what doesn't.
CamperBob2
on March 22, 2014
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Mostly we'll learn what governments are better at taking over others.
bcheung
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"There are no governments. Only corporations." ;)
CamperBob2
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Or my favorite phrasing, "Any sufficiently dominant corporation is indistinguishable from a government."
bcheung
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I like that line. I'm stealing it.
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