Problem with all that requires governmental agreements. A lot of Alaska is federal land, ocean building requires multiple government agreements based on location, and building in space is what Elon is trying to do and the US is telling him who to hire.
The philanthropist side of the filthy rich is 90% there to appease the government from taxing them to hell and back.
Elon is one of the "very few exceptions". Except he's also trying to make what he's doing profitable, so he's got to make a business of it. Which means employees, which means meddling.
I don't want a business. Or employees. I want a castle in the middle of nowhere. I'm not trying to save the world: just myself.
Problem with all that requires governmental agreements. A lot of Alaska is federal land, ocean building requires multiple government agreements based on location, and building in space is what Elon is trying to do and the US is telling him who to hire.
The philanthropist side of the filthy rich is 90% there to appease the government from taxing them to hell and back.
Elon is one of the "very few exceptions". Except he's also trying to make what he's doing profitable, so he's got to make a business of it. Which means employees, which means meddling.
I don't want a business. Or employees. I want a castle in the middle of nowhere. I'm not trying to save the world: just myself.
Maybe one day he'll build a sci-fi fortress on Mars and proclaim himself Mars the God of War.
build it in international waters and tell them to eat shit when they come knocking.
As Sealand demonstrated, if you do this you need an army to defend against all the pirates you'll attract.