Could new countries be founded - on the internet? | Sam Venis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : By pooling their money and lending their skills, the community begins to develop social services and spawn its own mini-culture, providing things like healthcare and insurance and passports and dope parties.
61% : With a social network to connect them, a leader to unite them, and a cryptocurrency to protect their assets, Srinivasan says a country can be born with laws, social services and all.
58% : In a world where billionaires can run companies larger than countries, Srinivasan asks, could such a state achieve recognition from the United Nations?
40% : First, there was Brexit; then other movements like Wexit; now, a few years later, there's a new romantic vision of escape for techies - "Texit"?

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