The further you are away from DC, the higher the cost to interfere with you using a standing army (police, etc). Costs being reputational, geopolitical, logistically, and monetarily.
Distance is its own best substitute for armaments.
If anyone could figure out how to build on say, oil rigs, or at the bottom of the ocean, or say, survive long term on the south pole, they'd mostly be left alone.
[ + ] globaltrekker
[ - ] globaltrekker 2 points 2.4 yearsDec 29, 2022 06:36:56 ago (+2/-0)
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/oct/24/an-indictment-of-south-africa-whites-only-town-orania-is-booming
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype 0 points 2.4 yearsDec 29, 2022 10:58:48 ago (+0/-0)
Distance is its own best substitute for armaments.
If anyone could figure out how to build on say, oil rigs, or at the bottom of the ocean, or say, survive long term on the south pole, they'd mostly be left alone.
[ + ] zongongo
[ - ] zongongo 0 points 2.4 yearsDec 29, 2022 14:23:27 ago (+0/-0)