Would it be possible today to actually build Galt's Gulch, for real?

Posted by NealS 6 years, 9 months ago to Politics
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This post is dedicated to "dino". Would it be possible today to actually build Galt's Gulch, for real? Or would the government kill us and shut it down? (Would it have a nice lake for fishing?)

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  • Posted by jimslag 6 years, 8 months ago
    In plain sight or with minimum intervention by the Authority. I purchased 3 acres in Belize for a pittance by our standards (US). There tracts of land available for not a lot, probably around $100K for 50 or more acres or more if you desire. The land is overgrown but it can be on the main road or off grid as you want to be. The local authority does not bother you as long as it is no illegal under their laws. It is my retirement project but with the proper engineering it could provide it own power, business and economy. Not saying that is the answer but it is viable.
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  • Posted by NilsAndersson 6 years, 8 months ago
    Anywhere under US jurisdiction - probably not. It is no longer possible to hide.
    It would have to be done fairly openly.

    What might be doable:
    Buying some island (with full or at least partial sovereignty) from some poor island nation.
    Building a platform in some shallow waters?
    And variations.
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  • Posted by NealS 6 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Come to think of it, isn't that what the first Colony at Jamestown was all about in 1607, kind of to get away from a government gone amuck. Maybe that's what happens to us when we pass away, we start anew someplace else.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 6 years, 9 months ago
    You couldn't hide. It's almost certain you'd have to deal with a local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). Therein lies the problem. I actually started to plan a small, private community within an hour of here. We had/have several families who are interested. I could use my engineering to build a great place. But...as I watched things developing here in California it became clear that such a place could be targeted. Perhaps in another state?...

    As far as building a Gulch as in the book...it would be very challenging, at best.
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  • Posted by HARD_ROAR 6 years, 9 months ago
    i do not think galt gulch is possible inside today's 21st century u.s.a. but can it be possible outside of today's u.s.a.? some simple, humble, foreign land, where galt gulcher's are respected and welcomed, for the money and creativity they bring into their community? yes. i think that there (wherever that 'there' is), is still possible. for at least for one more generation, anyway.

    because after one more generation, the variables of possibilities are so huge, to what could happen to humankind on planet earth, that there is no point discussing it (unless you are young, of course, which i am not).
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 9 months ago
    The Gulch, like the characters that inhabit the place, are Rand's fictional representation of what could be, the ideal we should strive for. To paraphrase it is real, it can be yours, it is the future.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 6 years, 9 months ago
    Could we hide? No. Could we hide in plain sight? Yes, probably.
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