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This floating ‘utopia’ will have its own government and cryptocurrency by 2022
The Sun ^ | 6th July 2018 | Saqib Shah

Posted on 07/09/2018 9:29:16 AM PDT by qaz123

THE WORLD'S first floating city will boast its own government and cryptocurrency when it lays roots in the South Pacific in 2022, claim its backers.

Building work on this isolated "utopia" will begin next year following the signing of an agreement with French Polynesia's government in 2017.

The floating town is the brainchild of the Seasteading Institute, a non-profit co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel (who sits on Facebook's board and is a former adviser to US President Donald Trump).

It's teaming up with a private entity called Blue Frontiers to build 300 houses on a seaborne platform off the island of Tahiti that will run under its own governance and boast its own money.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; cryptocurrency; fakenews; floatingcity; thiel
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Bunch of rich white folks who can afford to get away from it all. They'll buy into the crypto currency to live in the utopia, but then go to their home office to keep up with their investments on Wall St. Of course, all applicants will be screened, I'm sure and only the handpicked will be allowed to purchase. With those picks, they'll be no crime but I'm sure they're planning on having some legit security on the island utopia to protect the residents.

Wonder how utopian it would be if French Polynesia rescinded the deal unless Thiel promised to set aside 20-30% of the spots to some Section 8 recipients, muslim refugees and some MS13 El Salvadorans?

1 posted on 07/09/2018 9:29:16 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: qaz123

Utopia is a synonym for Hell.


2 posted on 07/09/2018 9:31:32 AM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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[[THE WORLD’S first floating city will boast its own government]]

Really?

http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/05/13/the-floating-straw-islands-of-uros-an-ancient-tribe-surviving-in-a-tourist-hub/


3 posted on 07/09/2018 9:33:39 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: chris37

Waterworld.


4 posted on 07/09/2018 9:35:17 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: qaz123

The Globalists are still banking on a massive One World Government. But I think we are far more likely to end up in a world of smaller social/economic/political units. City-States of one size or another. Look at California: some people want it to be three states. Look at our union of 50 states: Does New England really belong? They don’t want to be part of America; they hate America.

We may see floating islands, orbital facilities, and small geographic regions all claiming sovereignty. By 2100, this world may be a very different place.


5 posted on 07/09/2018 9:39:09 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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But...will they have a ‘Standing Army’...?


6 posted on 07/09/2018 9:48:44 AM PDT by Be Careful
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Bunch of rich white folks who can afford to get away from it all. They'll buy into the crypto currency to live in the utopia, but then go to their home office to keep up with their investments on Wall St. Of course, all applicants will be screened, I'm sure and only the handpicked will be allowed to purchase. With those picks, they'll be no crime but I'm sure they're planning on having some legit security on the island utopia to protect the residents.

So they intend to discriminate? I expect they will have laws that restrict defense of their new country, right?

7 posted on 07/09/2018 9:50:10 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: Brilliant

Some torpedoes, mines, and bombs and it’s Underwater-World.


8 posted on 07/09/2018 9:53:34 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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To: Be Careful

Degaussing and other countermeasures might be a tad more important.


9 posted on 07/09/2018 9:54:55 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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What could go wrong??? Hell the earth with continents is just a bigger version.....sounds like a pc ethnic cleansing ......I certainly hope they have open borders or docks or whatever....


10 posted on 07/09/2018 9:55:55 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: qaz123

Fake news.


11 posted on 07/09/2018 9:58:45 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Brilliant
A flooded “Galt’s Gulch”.
12 posted on 07/09/2018 10:01:08 AM PDT by 21twelve
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Bunch of rich white folks who can afford to get away from it all

"Knock knock! Was wondering if I could borrow a cup of sugar?"

13 posted on 07/09/2018 10:01:19 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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"300 houses on a seaborne platform off the island of Tahiti"

I wonder where they'll get power from? Solar? What about water? Where will the sewage go? This sounds like a very pricey development to handle all of those concerns, and I'm not sure how it could be justified by people who are supposedly so eco-friendly.
14 posted on 07/09/2018 10:10:24 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Wind?



15 posted on 07/09/2018 10:18:55 AM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’m going with our country splitting in 3, at some point. Southeast, Central, Mountain states, West Virginia/Western Virginia/Western Penn and all the land on the eastern halves of Cali, Oregon and Washington, becoming one. Not sure what Chicago and some other cities like that will do. Most of Illinois is pretty Red except for their 3 major cities.

The very West Coast another and New England/Northeast, who the hell knows. I’m from NY, originally, and much of the Northeast is Republican. But the cities, with their loyal Dem, Socialist, Immigrant, Section 8 base, rule the roosts. Hell, if if weren’t for NYC, and the other smaller cities, NY would probably be Republican across the board. But, it’s hard to beat those inner city, urban monsters. Plus, even in the Red areas with Conservative voters, it’s hard to give up your union bennies. But I think


16 posted on 07/09/2018 10:19:59 AM PDT by qaz123
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Valuable lessons to be learned here.

Laurel & Hardy "Utopia"

17 posted on 07/09/2018 10:22:57 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Bratch

Which raises the question - is Tahiti in a typhoon or monsoon region?


18 posted on 07/09/2018 10:23:13 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Tenacious 1

Nothing you question cannot be taken care of by a sizeable gift of some kind. And, if the island is in international waters, there’s nothing anyone can do. It’ll be like some sort of weird Noah’s Ark on an acid trip. Only instead of them going on board, 2x2, it’ll be how much can you afford. Like one of those SciFi movies where some dude tries to create a utopian society but there’s some legit horrific underbelly to it.


19 posted on 07/09/2018 10:23:43 AM PDT by qaz123
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Once the muslims find out about it, it’ll be the Pacific ocean version of the Barbary Pirates. I’m thinking that Thiel already has some housing set aside for all the former SEALS that will be providing security.


20 posted on 07/09/2018 10:25:18 AM PDT by qaz123
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