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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by no_body on Thursday September 25, 2008 @12:22PM (#314970)
I would bootstrap the asteroid mining economy, invest in micro-terraforming and nano-technology so that each asteroid could become it's own self sufficient republic. Yay Anarchy !
Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by ph0rque on Thursday September 25, 2008 @12:41PM (#315001)
>...each asteroid could become it's own self sufficient republic. Yay Anarchy!

That's not anarchy, since each republic would presumably have its own government.

Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by steveplace on Thursday September 25, 2008 @01:44PM (#315114)
A "Federation" if you will.