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suffragette

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20. Similar to the corporate domes in "He, She, and It"

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #16)

Tue May 15, 2012, 01:59 PM

May 2012

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-12-01/entertainment/9104180258_1_yod-golem-characters

In ``He, She and It,`` America has been roughly divided into three parts. Corporate dome cultures provide home and workplace for privileged technocrats. Underworld life inhabits the ``Golp,`` a sprawling wreckage of urban megapolis.

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Eugenics. ananda May 2012 #1

Sign me up. I'll run the city's shotgun store. onehandle May 2012 #2

..... cali May 2012 #9

If one has to "apply to be considered for a spot on Blueseed" arcane1 May 2012 #3

will John Galt be there? Enrique May 2012 #4

That's exactly what I immediately thought too! Sounds way too much like Atlas Shrugged nt riderinthestorm May 2012 #18

Sounds like the Cayman Islands, but way downscale. Ah, barge living . . . now, that's the life. leveymg May 2012 #5

Is that a glenn beck book yesphan May 2012 #13

The 1% flees to their refuge from the 99% Speck Tater May 2012 #6

a libertarian dream. katsy May 2012 #7

I would be tempted to take a really good size ship to it, snooper2 May 2012 #8

If you tow them to the arctic the current will eventually carry them back. Tow them to the middle of Erose999 May 2012 #15

it sounds like some kind of regulation and tax dodge cali May 2012 #10

Its already been tried... Erose999 May 2012 #11

Is the Exxon Valdez out there running amok with smokers? Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #22

Gee, a bunch of young, wealthy entrepreneurs in a floating city with no laws? hughee99 May 2012 #12

Sounds more like BlueSky than BlueSeed. MineralMan May 2012 #14

And where will the 99% live? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #16

Similar to the corporate domes in "He, She, and It" suffragette May 2012 #20

Can't wait for one of these to settle all scores malaise May 2012 #17

Anything to escape responsibility to the society from which they benefit suffragette May 2012 #19

How long before the pirates sink that boat? Zalatix May 2012 #21

Depends on how many pirates they can fit on it. Erose999 May 2012 #24

If press releases were construction equipment Retrograde May 2012 #23

These are not my likeminded people. rug May 2012 #25

Survival strategy as old as the crannog. Robb May 2012 #26

Can they be towed to Somalia? thelordofhell May 2012 #27

May the tsunami quickly find them. hifiguy May 2012 #28

Make them sign something indicating that if they start to sink, no one should come elp them. JoePhilly May 2012 #29

Rough seas? LiberalFighter May 2012 #30

He's going to anchor it twelve miles off Half Moon Bay? KamaAina May 2012 #31

A city doesnt work without the 99% and that is why this cannot succeed. stevenleser May 2012 #32

They keep inventing this concept zipplewrath May 2012 #33

I think Forbes Kiddoo's vision and economy of scale was where it was at Brother Buzz May 2012 #34