We could probably talk all day on points about Seasteading and Vema.
I couldn't find anything that shows a for-a-fact operation going
at the Vema seamount location. Sure, there is/has-been fishing and fish "stocking." But is there an actual, physical operation there? Or is it all simply in set-up mode?
The self-proclaimed government of Peter Goldishman’s might be technically valid. The International Court that says there is nothing against such a government. But the Court doesn't really have any formal authority, because it has no strength except when member nations decide to lend their strength to it.
In other words, Goldishman's proclamation is worth nothing until he has strength.
Seasteading strength is based on their acceptance by French Polynesia, a protectorate of France.
Personally, I think that Seasteading isn't going anywhere right at the moment. But I don't follow them, very much. Still, Seasteading has a big advantage by being accepted by French Polynesia, which is recognized by the International Court, rather than getting a simple Court declaration that something "illegal" isn't being done, as Goldishman has apparently received.
Either way, the idea of going ocean-ward with living is a good idea. The thing we lack is easy, cheap technology to get something going. Imagine moving half the people in Bangladesh and China out onto ocean based living quarters.
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