JerameeJun 19, 2023

If Ayn Rand's own life wasn't enough to show that libertarianism is a failed idea, we now have further evidence.

https://onlysky.media/alee/why-libertarian-cities-fail/

Why libertarian cities fail

Reading Time: 5 minutes Freedom-loving libertarians who build communities under the assumption that natural resources are unlimited discover, to their dismay, that this isn't so.

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Show threadJorge Stolfi

@Jeramee

But why don't residents buy tickets on a Starship flight that will take them back to the same Arizona desert, but now with the technology to extract water from rocks and build a climatized dome of 3D-prnted sand over their town, complete with closed-cycle rivers and coffee farms?

Jun 19, 2023 at 7:20pmWeb
Show threadJerameeJun 20, 2023

@JorgeStolfi

Just like how those AZ suburbs expected other to provide them with water, they are waiting and expecting someone else to provide them with that starship.

Thank goodness for Elon & Bezos, right?