http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
Originally a British Naval outpost some six miles off the English coast, Sealand was taken over by a former Major after it was abandoned by the Navy. Not only boasting its own government, currency, stamps, and passports, Sealand also has a government in exile from a failed invasion. When Sealand was retaken, a number of prisoners of war were kept, and the German government negotiated for their release. This is the little boy fantasy of having a fort taken to legendary extremes. Maybe even better than the fantasy of making it to the NBA.
And let us not forget squatting. I look my neighborhood--the Sixth Street corridor adjoining the Tenderloin in San Francisco--and notice a number of massive, vacant buildings, with the windows boarded up. Some have been that way for 20 years (such as the old Hugo Hotel, now a massive art project called Defenestration, although the City is trying to take it over via Imminent Domain). I lost/quit/whatever-it-totally-sucked my job at the end of January. Now I can't pay my rent. I'd give up water and electric too for a free place to stash my bed. Hell, I'd even build barricades to keep out the snake-bitten users lining the street.
What I'm groping at is that San Francisco is severely lacking in terms of bigtime awesomer than a blowjob European style squat. For all the activist community. For all the brokeass kids that can't afford to pay $700 for a mousebox room. For all the goddam homeless people. For the hippies. For all the people who could totally give a fuck. Let's get some crowbars and put these places to good use!
Oh, and for those who say, "What about the cops? They'll kick us out."
CHECK THIS OUT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ryesgade
Seriously. A full-on battle where seemingly, the squatters won.
And this is Denmark. San Francisco has more edge than Denmark, right?
But don't forget that Denmark gave us Freetown Christiania.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania)
For the sake of America, our pride at being wild and bad ass, and our gall to go invade other countries for strictly rhetorical reasoning--let's invade our own.
But once the snake-bitten zombies push their way in, forget it!
