From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Oct 31 2002 - 03:19:03 MST
Most new nation schemes are just idle pipedreams or somewhat
suspect economic ventures. The virtual nation idea mentioned
earlier in this thread is far more realistic. Not that virtual
nations have any pull per se, but witness the growth of prestige
and power of NGOs the last decade. Probably the smart thing to do
is to work to create an international NGO with our values, plenty
of credibility and money.
Something like the WTA on par with Amnesty or Greenpeace would be
far more efficient at enabling and promoting what we strive for
than any number of freedomships and oceanias. It would also require
far less initial capital and uncertain political/legal issues. But
it would require a very dedicated core of ambitious people willing
to give all to bring about a great organisation. The organisation
would be their careers (and that may be the greatest problem with
organisations - preventing them from becoming vehicles of
propagating themselves rather than their or their leaders' goals).
Building and maintaining something like this is not trivial. But it
is good training if you want to try to build a real nation.
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