How to Start a New Country
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You're listening to The Michael Shermer Show. Hey everybody, it's Michael Shermer. It's time for another episode of the Michael Shermer Show. Have I Got a Winner for you today? This is a subject I've long been interested in.
As you know, I've written a bit about. um what we might do when we uh set up a colony on Mars, what will Musk do for his political system or economic system or taxes or roads, conflict resolution? How are we going to do all that on Mars? Well, uh, there have been many experiments here on Earth, and my guest today is somebody who's trying to start his own, well, I don't know if I'd say a country, but some kind of a plan community. Uh, these are called a Zo Zed, Z-E-D-E, Zone for Employment and Economic Development.
He's doing this in Honduras. And Eric, nice to see you. Thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me on, Mike. Yeah.
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