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> The result was a city outside the law: There was no tax, no regulation of businesses, no health or planning systems, no police presence.

interesting...i wonder if it could be considered one of the only known “libertarian” type of cities/places?

are there any other known places like this? did they fair any better?



Not quite the same thing, but: between 1918 and 1921, there was an 'anarchist territory' with a population of 7 million people in eastern Ukraine. By all accounts it was essentially stateless and had no real authority. Alas, it got entangled in the Russian Civil War and was dismantled in the 1921 by the Soviets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhnovia


You can experience something similar today in Moldova. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria


super interesting, appreciate the link


David Friedman (Milton Friedman's son), has written about how saga era Iceland could be considered libertarian.

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Iceland/Iceland.html

His piece on the Amish

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Course_Pages/Legal_Sy...

Somali Customary Law

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Course_Pages/legal_sy...

See also Neutral Moresnet

https://mises.org/library/anarchy-aachen




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