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Part One: The Not-At-All-Sad History of Libertarian Sea Nations

Behind the Bastards

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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlan

Heinland plays around with a lot of libertarian ideas, which is a big part of why he's remembered to day. Heinland's own apparent anti government ethos is channelled through the elderly peruvian born professor, prof bernardo de la paz. Prof is one among hundreds of outcasts, outlaws and outsiders, inhabiting underground colonies on the moon. The narrator, hero, manuel garcia,. spear heads a revolutionary movement to make this ramshackle outpost for the marginalized into a self governing nation free of the repressive rule of earth.

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