The long read: Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia. It didn’t work out

Reposting this beauty from @cawsby yesterday cus it's fucking hilarious and everyone should read it.

  • Rem [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    “Democracy,” the two men wrote, “would be upgraded to a system whereby the smallest minorities, including the individual, could vote with their houses.

    How many times will libertarians reinvent feudalism

    • Rem [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Okay just read the whole article, if I posted every hilarious line I'd just be quoting the entire thing lol

        • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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          3 years ago

          The difficulty in starting a new form of government, said Friedman, was simply a lack of space.

          Yep definitely nothing to be done there :gui-better:

      • Rem [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Actually one thing, the writer seems to want to fuck the Captain Harris character, there's smth going on there

        • different_eli [any]
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          3 years ago

          can you please put on your Captain's uniform for this zoom interview...Sir