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#1459158 2026-09-22 15:17
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227216 2026-07-21 23:43
there are good deals to be found
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227214 2026-07-21 23:43
(of course if you are American, it is all pointless, don't get your hopes up, Uncle Sam will tax you anyway)
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227211 2026-07-21 23:43
Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Malta all have reasonably attractive tax schemes
Context from intrepid #1227208 2026-07-21 23:42
I think you already see some of this happening with competition and tax breaks for digial nomad visas . Greece has 1/2 tax for example for 7 years or something like that. Lots of other examples
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227210 2026-07-21 23:42
LOL ![Seize](https://d3lqz0a4bldqgf.cloudfront.net/drops/author_0f831714-87b4-11ee-9d82-029a0e4b6159/fa435c47-56db-4ee4-ae2d-9530d7e6e207/image.png)
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227207 2026-07-21 23:42
they will follow him there :slightly_smiling_face:
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227206 2026-07-21 23:42
getting away from elections is unlikely to be the winning idea
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227205 2026-07-21 23:41
i think backup system for humanity awas the initial driver
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227204 2026-07-21 23:41
so he says
Context from intrepid #1227201 2026-07-21 23:41
elons plan for mars tbh
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227202 2026-07-21 23:41
but nobody seems to actually go through with it
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227200 2026-07-21 23:41
and you read about the state at sea
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227197 2026-07-21 23:40
people redisover this every few years
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227196 2026-07-21 23:40
look so long as you are not fucking with trade and armies, you can do quite a bit of whatever the F you want if you are willing to park yourself in international waters
Context from david #1227193 2026-07-21 23:39
the ocean state by intrepid. this is the meme card I want to mint
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227192 2026-07-21 23:39
HOAs are truly a black pill about decentralized local governance
Context from MadaCollects #1227180 2026-07-21 23:35
popping back in to say fuck HOAs 😂
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227187 2026-07-21 23:37
sometimes in life, you have to not "do whatever the F you want" :slightly_smiling_face:
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227182 2026-07-21 23:36
the type of people who "we do whatever the F we want" turn out in the end to not be the most pleasant people to live with
Context from Zigmarillion #1227179 2026-07-21 23:35
No but even if you dont and want to be distributed all over the world. Each nation state will still fully control its citizen no matter that the network state wants. I think some people have some up in the air anarchisitc thinking it will lead to "We do what the F we want" and it will never happen in current system.
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227181 2026-07-21 23:36
i tell people the right play is to be somewhere physical nice, you can go to the beach whatever and then your real work/intellectual life is on the interwebs
Context from intrepid #1227177 2026-07-21 23:35
physical states become service providers and compete on physical services vs tax ratios. passports and identities then shift to the network states. in much the same way counties or states within a jurisdictional block (ie the US) do now (compete on tax vs services and security) .
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227178 2026-07-21 23:35
see: Home Owner's Associations
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227174 2026-07-21 23:34
will inevitably exists in the physical world secessionary state
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227172 2026-07-21 23:34
it is impossible, the same annoying neighbors that exist everywhere
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227169 2026-07-21 23:34
or only cool people can live in the town?
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227168 2026-07-21 23:34
or what, it will be a physical dictatorship?
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227166 2026-07-21 23:34
or the idiots suddenly are in power in your network state
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227165 2026-07-21 23:34
and then either you will start doing stupid things
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227164 2026-07-21 23:33
and someone will pander to them
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227162 2026-07-21 23:33
aren't some of them going to have totally stupid ideas
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227161 2026-07-21 23:33
are they all going to be NFT maxis
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227160 2026-07-21 23:33
aren't you going to have local voters?
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227158 2026-07-21 23:33
and will drag one down to the exact issues that all governments have
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227156 2026-07-21 23:33
my perspective on this is that it is a colossal pain in the ass
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227154 2026-07-21 23:32
if you really actually want to be the government of a physical state
punk6529 maybe's dive bar Reply #1227152 2026-07-21 23:32
you should ask yourselves
Context from Zigmarillion #1227149 2026-07-21 23:32
Sure. It can do great things and come close to a real state. Mostly referring to if you start to threaten nation states in any different way it likely will have consequences. But if you play withing the "rules" you can accomplish a lot.
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227143 2026-07-21 23:31
catholic church again etc etc
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227142 2026-07-21 23:31
an extremely wow outcome would be to own meaningful real estate in many countries
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227139 2026-07-21 23:31
physical presence if and when relevant imho
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227137 2026-07-21 23:30
to "we have to be in the same town"
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227134 2026-07-21 23:30
coordination over the internet
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227133 2026-07-21 23:30
it is like taking our main advantage
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227132 2026-07-21 23:30
why is it a requirement we all live in the same place
punk6529 maybe's dive bar #1227131 2026-07-21 23:30
we all live in different places