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Ooh. I am getting BioShock vibes.

Alexa, would you kindly turn on the kitchen lights?

... pretty-please? Aw, c'mon...

It would be a libertarian paradise.

AKA real-life Bioshock 1 sequel/DLC without the superpowers. Remote location (check); next to the ocean (check); owned by a corporate/millionaire bringing in like minded people (check and check).

Sad to see libertarianism conflated with anarchism. The existence of a state, that does not violate people's rights, is perfectly consistent with libertarianism, and is arguably essential to it.

> The existence of a state, that does not violate people's rights, is perfectly consistent with libertarianism, and is arguably essential to it.

the 'original' libertarians (anarchists) would probably agree...

The modern form of argumentation on display here:

"I'm not going to argue against what you say you believe, I'm going to assert you believe something else and attack that, or group you with people who believe differently than you and argue against that."

I mean they just stated a fact, it's not an argument. [1]

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Etymology

What are you on about??

A libertarian paradise is a corporate dystopia.

So overrun with bears and falling apart?

https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/159662/libertarian-walks...

That would be Hong Kong, before the CCP takeover.

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