From the story referred to below:
Offline, Thiel is the lead backer of Seasteading, a movement to create law-free floating communes based on voluntary association.
Libertarians often argue that societies based on norms are more philosophically just than those based on rules. This is on line with our 2301 discussion about coercive vs consensual foundations of governments. My question is more pragmatic, how capable is a norm based society to secure its liberties? Can they protect themselves from Somali pirates?
