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And if they ever manage to build a few houses on a barge outside territorial waters, about 12 miles, they'll call on the closest government for emergency rescue a few hours into the first good storm.

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Or when they need an appendix removed. Then they want a "real" doctor, someone who learned their trade at a well-regulated hospital. Someone who is licensed by a medical board. Someone who has access to nice clean drugs manufactured in a lab subject to inspections. And then they want insurance coverage so they aren't out of pocket if something goes wrong during the operation. And then they expect some sort of rules-based enforcement structure to regulate all of these things. And don't forget some sort payment structure to support all these people ... This is getting complicated. Someone should write all these complicated rules down in a big book. Just don't call them laws.

Then not too different from living in a undeveloped/least developed country?

There are two big problems with 12 miles: 1) not far enough for economic zones [0] and 2) once you leave a country, you need a visa to return, which can be problematic.

[0] https://www.theadvocates.org/2019/05/couple-could-be-impriso...

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