in reply to http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/community/dreaming-/-crazy-ideas-/-speculation/starting-your-military
What is a military?
A predator.
Why do we have it?
Protection.
Example,
a primitive land of dinosaurs,
the large predators keep the planet safe from colonization.
Sure the herbivores get eaten,
but they also get protection,
and enhanced evolution.
Proposal,
a seastead flag,
mounted on military seasteads.
a robotic drone willing to do much to maintain sovreignty.
Which can defend themselves from government mlitiaries or pirates.
Then we seasteaders can use like flags and ships,
so the government mlitaries or pirates respect sovreignty.
As butterflies that copy the monarch.
the military or predator seastead,
can make contract with some local seasteads,
that in exchange for regular supplies,
it protects them.
Lichen are very good at thriving in many harsh conditions.
Plant algae encased in fungi,
fungi protecting plant,
plant feeding fungi.
In lichen the fungi also gathers minerals and water,
bringing it to the plants through its network,
the plants then processing materials with sunlight,
making usable energy and food.
So a contract predator can go on a hunt or quest,
to find items to bring back to the seastead.
where the processing of materials,
via a seastead fabrication laboratory
into wished-for objects occurs.
a symbiotic relationship.
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