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Re:The Hottest New Thing in Seasteading Is Land by darawk on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:00PM (#21869501)
Human trafficking is a risk in any scenario, though. It's unclear why that's a salient issue here.
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Re:The Hottest New Thing in Seasteading Is Land by klyrs on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:29PM (#21869619)
It's salient because seasteads are relatively lawless and, like Alcatraz or a cruise ship, difficult to flee without assistance.
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Re:The Hottest New Thing in Seasteading Is Land by solveit on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:26AM (#21870709)
I'm glad you brought up cruise ships because, as you say, they are difficult to flee, and they have indeed been embroiled in human trafficking. Few people think that this means that cruise ships are inherently a bad idea; it just means that they should be done well. Why do you think seasteading can't be done well?
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