guest@hyper.UUCP (guest) (03/10/88)
Table of Libertarian Alternatives:
Space Colony Ocean Colony Land Colony Non-Colony
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Cost -- Astronomical Very high Relocation Advertising
Interference -- lowest risk low risk medium low
Livability -- questionable questionable good good
Mass Appeal -- low lower medium highest
Timeframe -- futuristic years now years
Probability -- low low highest medium
Overall rating -- very low low high highest
Notes:
1) Land colony assumes a geographic area INSIDE the United States.
2) Non-colony assumes the whole USA.
3) Ocean colony assumes nearness to US coast or territory.
Conclusions:
The land colony seems to offer the quickest route to reduced coercion
against the individual, a sort of interim haven until total victory.
I wouldn't underestimate the ability of a libertarian city to muck up
and otherwise deflect a lot of state and federal interference.
Ocean and Space colonies are just too darned expensive.
- John M. Logajan {...!rutgers!} umn-cs!hyper!ns!logajan
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