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A comment on The Masterless People: Pirates, Maroons, and the Struggle to Live Free. Parent comment
It was perfectly possible to homestead in many parts of the world, and never have to answer to anyone.
It is not possible in the modern world to take some undeveloped land, claim it as your own, and make something out if it.
All land is owned by somebody these days.
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It was perfectly possible to homestead in many parts of the world, and never have to answer to anyone.
It is not possible in the modern world to take some undeveloped land, claim it as your own, and make something out if it.
All land is owned by somebody these days.