RE: "Mixed Mental Arts" - Episode #346 - Getting to the Root of the Problem- Lawrence Lessig
I would only argue that although the British surely didn't like the idea of renegades leaving the old system to start a new one, I believe we are essentially in the SAME situation right now, and that it is becoming LESS possible to go off to some "new world" - although space travel would provide that option. The point is that with time LESS and less "new world" options become available (in the "real world" sense of the term) and so the main point that I am arguing is that we need to harness TECHNOLOGY (like blockchain) to chip away at the root cause which creates the situation where humans develop the need/desire to escape from other humans who are abusing their power. You make some great points, and I am merely pondering those points thinking out loud ...
There are already private cities and other autonomous regions. That's one option. I don't like isolated areas, so sea steading and even small islands seem impractical to me. Liberland is working on purchasing or leasing lands from already existing nation states as another option. You have fairly independent groups like the Cossacks in Russia to consider as well. For their services, they are pretty much left alone to govern themselves. We are definitely far away from leaving this planet, so I hope to solve the current problem with options like the ones I just listed. Perhaps there are other options as well that we just haven't figured out yet though.