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26th September 2011, 11:47 PM
(http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/paypal-founder-peter-thiel-funding-a-plan-to-build-new-societies-in-international-waters/story-fn5fsgyc-1226122738294#)
news.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/)
August 26, 2011 11:16AM
PayPal founder wants new world order
Giant floating countries to be built at sea
"You can't stop us until it's too late!
http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/788605-seasteading-institute.jpg
The designs have all the hallmarks of a James Bond film. Picture: Seasteading Institute
PAYPAL billionaire Peter Thiel doesn't have a hideous facial scar, a white cat or a diabolical plan to take over the world. But his desire to build floating countries in a bid create a new world order run along libertarian ideals does scream Bond villain.
According to The Sun newspaper (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html), Thiel, 43, has given $1.19 million to the Seasteading Institute (http://seasteading.org/), which believes the ocean is the "only option to create new societies on Earth".
The first floating nation could be built off San Francisco as soon as next year.
The new countries would be a "kind of floating Petri dish for implementing policies that libertarians, stymied by indifference at the voting booths, have been unable to advance: no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage and few restrictions on weapons".
The institute is run by Patri Friedman, the grandson of Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman.
He argues that "government is an inefficient industry because it has an insane barrier to entry. To compete with governments on existing land, you have to win a war, an election, or a revolution".
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/787684-seasteading-institute.jpg
One of the designs for the floating countries Thiel wants to build. Picture: Seasteading Institute
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/788602-seasteading-institute.jpg
Someday we could all be living like this - if the Seasteading Institute gets its way. Picture: Seasteading Institute
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/808674-james-bond.jpg
The last time someone tried to create a new world order on water was in The Spy Who Loved Me. Picture: UA
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
Thiel, 43, who is worth $1.6 billion, admitted that many saw the idea of creating societies in the ocean as a crackpot scheme.
"There are quite a lot of people who think it's not possible.
"That's a good thing. We don't need to really worry about those people very much, because since they don't think it's possible they won't take us very seriously. And they will not actually try to stop us until it's too late."
Bond villains and their mad schemes
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/808639-blofeld.jpg
Ernst Stavro Blofeld now has competition in the form of Peter Thiel. Picture: UA
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
1. Enrst Stavro Blofeld - Wants to push the world into a all-consuming war so he can reap money and power.
2. Karl Stromberg - Hates the surface world. It is his mission to start over with a new civilization underwater.
3. Hugo Drax - Hates the entire world. Wants to destroy it and start again in space.
4. Elliot Carver - Wants to start a war between China and Britain to increase newspaper sales.
5. Colonel Moon/Gustav Graves - Wants to start a new world war with a giant diamond-powered laser.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/paypal-founder-peter-thiel-funding-a-plan-to-build-new-societies-in-international-waters/story-fn5fsgyc-1226122738294#ixzz1Z8IgjURU
news.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/)
August 26, 2011 11:16AM
PayPal founder wants new world order
Giant floating countries to be built at sea
"You can't stop us until it's too late!
http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/788605-seasteading-institute.jpg
The designs have all the hallmarks of a James Bond film. Picture: Seasteading Institute
PAYPAL billionaire Peter Thiel doesn't have a hideous facial scar, a white cat or a diabolical plan to take over the world. But his desire to build floating countries in a bid create a new world order run along libertarian ideals does scream Bond villain.
According to The Sun newspaper (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html), Thiel, 43, has given $1.19 million to the Seasteading Institute (http://seasteading.org/), which believes the ocean is the "only option to create new societies on Earth".
The first floating nation could be built off San Francisco as soon as next year.
The new countries would be a "kind of floating Petri dish for implementing policies that libertarians, stymied by indifference at the voting booths, have been unable to advance: no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage and few restrictions on weapons".
The institute is run by Patri Friedman, the grandson of Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman.
He argues that "government is an inefficient industry because it has an insane barrier to entry. To compete with governments on existing land, you have to win a war, an election, or a revolution".
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/787684-seasteading-institute.jpg
One of the designs for the floating countries Thiel wants to build. Picture: Seasteading Institute
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/788602-seasteading-institute.jpg
Someday we could all be living like this - if the Seasteading Institute gets its way. Picture: Seasteading Institute
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/808674-james-bond.jpg
The last time someone tried to create a new world order on water was in The Spy Who Loved Me. Picture: UA
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
Thiel, 43, who is worth $1.6 billion, admitted that many saw the idea of creating societies in the ocean as a crackpot scheme.
"There are quite a lot of people who think it's not possible.
"That's a good thing. We don't need to really worry about those people very much, because since they don't think it's possible they won't take us very seriously. And they will not actually try to stop us until it's too late."
Bond villains and their mad schemes
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/08/26/1226122/808639-blofeld.jpg
Ernst Stavro Blofeld now has competition in the form of Peter Thiel. Picture: UA
(http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3774868/Billionaire-to-build-new-countries-at-sea.html)
1. Enrst Stavro Blofeld - Wants to push the world into a all-consuming war so he can reap money and power.
2. Karl Stromberg - Hates the surface world. It is his mission to start over with a new civilization underwater.
3. Hugo Drax - Hates the entire world. Wants to destroy it and start again in space.
4. Elliot Carver - Wants to start a war between China and Britain to increase newspaper sales.
5. Colonel Moon/Gustav Graves - Wants to start a new world war with a giant diamond-powered laser.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/paypal-founder-peter-thiel-funding-a-plan-to-build-new-societies-in-international-waters/story-fn5fsgyc-1226122738294#ixzz1Z8IgjURU