Category Archives: Secession

Breaking the bonds of political servitude

Seastead Evolution Reloaded

Posted on 22 October, 2018 by alfin2101

Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territory claimed by any government. The term is a combination of the words sea and homesteading. No one has yet created a structure on the high … Continue reading →

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Whittling Off a Rotten Sliver of California for Secession

Posted on 27 November, 2016 by alfin2101

California was once the mythical land of sun and sand. A rich, fun playground for North Americans and world travelers alike, California was the model that other places tried to mimic. But over time, the gold turned into rust, and … Continue reading →

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The Real Hunger Games

Posted on 25 April, 2016 by alfin2101

A Few Eerie Parallels Between the Fictional “Hunger Games” and the Real Meltdown of the Company Towns [Company towns] are single-industry towns with one dominant employer, usually an industrial plant or a factory that depended on state orders in Soviet … Continue reading →

Posted in Oil Prices, Russia, Russian Decline, Secession | Tagged | 4 Comments

Government Mega-Projects vs. Opportunity and Private Initiative

Posted on 14 April, 2016 by alfin2101

“A slow, state-owned, ineffective and mostly non-market oriented company is, simply speaking, incapable of competing with SpaceX and other agile private space companies,” says Pavel Luzin, a space industry expert at Perm State University. Moscow Times Opportunity vs. Mega Government: … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Russian Decline, Secession, Space Future | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Oh Canada: What Will Happen to All Your Pieces?

Posted on 3 February, 2016 by alfin2101

Trudeau’s Election Shows Canada as a Frivolous Country In today’s world a frivolous government is a deadly hazard to its people. And a frivolous government is exactly what Canadians elected for themselves. So how much longer can Canada exist as … Continue reading →

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A Broken Civilisation is Not Easy to Regrow

Posted on 18 September, 2014 by alfin2101

Civilisation is not an easy thing to build in the first place. Not every breeding population can achieve it, no matter how much time it is given. But once civilisation is allowed to break down, bringing it back again can … Continue reading →

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California: From Shake and Bake to Slice and Dice

Posted on 22 December, 2013 by alfin2101

California was once the mythical land of sun and sand. A rich, fun playground for North Americans and world travelers alike, California was the model that other places tried to mimic. Image: Six Californias Initiative But over time, the gold … Continue reading →

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Obama Reinvigorates US Secession Movement

Posted on 14 October, 2013 by alfin2101

Disillusioned US citizens in several states have begun the process of filing for secession from either the US, or from their current state government. They have many divergent reasons for rejecting their current government, with secessionist Vermonters demanding new conditions … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Empire, Obama, Secession | 6 Comments