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  I agree with you Russell that at this point seasteading seems to be the only way for the idea of competitive government to have a chance.  Given that every square inch of known land is occupied by existing governments and those governments are not likely to ever give up that land, it seems that creating new land is the only way for fringe groups to experiment with different forms of government.   As far as who will defend seasteaders against pirates, it's my belief that...

• commented on Competitive Government vs. Democratic Government over 3 years ago.

  I think most people would agree with your statement Paul that the idea doesn't seem that real or even realistic.  To me though, it doesn't seem as unrealistic as trying to actually influence our existing governments.  Influencing existing governments seems like quite a daunting task.    

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  Arnold Kling recently wrote an interesting essay in which he says:  In this essay, I will suggest that competitive government might be better than democratic government at satisfying the desires of the governed.  In democratic government, people take jurisdictions as given, and they elect leaders.  In competitive government, people take leaders as given, and they select jurisdictions. As the internet becomes more widely used, folks with unpopular beliefs are fi...

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