PayPal Founder Building Island Utopia

[Elementlmage]

Though this article on the Escapist doesn't mention it, another news article about the same thing I read about an hour ago mentions how one of the things they're trying to escape by creating their own country out at sea is strict building codes.

They want to be free to use shoddier construction methods. On an entirely man-made island. Miles out to sea, where there'll be no one around to come to their rescue when the whole thing collapses.

I think this will be great for a laugh one day in the future. I'm trying to determine what's likely to destroy them first, a natural disaster, being attacked by pirates without anyone to defend them, or their city collapsing under the weight of it's own hubris.

My favorite part is that they want to shirk Maritime Law as well. It's funny, because the VERY FIRST LAW under the STCW-95 provisions is that ANY ship in a position to aid another vessel in distress MUST assist them. I am going to laugh SOOOOOO hard when it starts to sink and nobody comes to help them!

 

[Jabberwock King]

I will look forward to his inevitable failure then. He's probably only interested because he's tired of paying "oppressive taxes". If people like him just shut up and paid their fair share, instead of wasting all their money on ways to avoid paying up, something good could actually get accomplished, like a more balanced U.S. budget.

I want to see this thing ravaged by storms, and to see their ineffectual government ignore the structural integrity of their home.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Well...I know where I want to spend my retirement.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Well...I know where I want to spend my retirement.

 

[gyroscopeboy]

Come on...it's Peter Thiel...he can do whatever the fuck he wants!

 

[RA92]

Wait, no comparison with Brink's Ark?

 

[C2Ultima]

I suppose he's safe from the zombie apocolypse.

 

[RJ Dalton]

How do I get there?

 

[A.Balthazor]

Waterworld's production showed just how difficult it was to merely film in the open ocean. Stephen Spielberg came away from Jaws convinced that filming in the ocean was a horrible idea due to the difficulty and cost involved.

I can't imagine 1-2 million dollars even approaching getting this idea executed in any sustainable fashion.

 

[BabyRaptor]

This can only end badly.