First of all, seasteading is all about decentralization.
cause those little islands and boats sure do "decentralize" the groups of dissident people!?!
It's gonna take a lot of nukes, and nukes are expensive, especially in PR terms.
nukes, biologicals, chemicals...whatever...there are already plenty in the bunkers already...gathering dust...waiting to be used...
what "PR"? oh, you mean a news report like this...
"We interrupt this program to bring you the following news report"
"Freedom Island is under a thousand-year quarantine after an unknown agent killed all inhabitants earlier this afternoon"
or
"We interrupt this program to bring you the following news report"
"Freedom Island no longer exists as it seems a resupply ship was also carrying a 500megaton nuclear device that somehow detonated and cooked the whole island"
boat=same-as-above
They'll have to convince people that we're evil terrorists.
not hardly...but they already do that anyway...think Ruby Ridge...think Waco...think FLDS...think Indianapolis Baptist Temple...etc...
If we're sitting there in New Hampshire and not paying taxes, the sheep can be made angry at us for "not paying our fare share". But if we're out there somewhere else... maybe they'll just let us go...
cause that worked so well for the native Hawaiians...
And remember, different seasteads can have different ideologies, including greens, commies, whatever. If the peace nuts protest taking out an asshole like Saddam, won't they protest for us as well?
some will, some won't...that worked really well for Saddam and others too...
hmmm....