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Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto... by wmf on Friday September 07, 2012 @05:56PM (#4491380)
"Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up." — G. K. Chesterton

But once you understand the reason you may realize it's a bad one. Many countries seem to be getting crushed by cultural and political path dependence.

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Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto... by pbreit on Friday September 07, 2012 @07:51PM (#4491741)
I don't like that advice at all. So many fences have been installed for lousy reasons. And the results might be hard to predict so better to actually experience them. If you make a mistake, you can always re-install.
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