The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The moon is the harsh mistress was published in 19 66. In 19 71, a millionaire developer from los vegas, ag michael oliver, attempted to create his own libertarian utopia. He established what he called the republic of minerva, on a partially submerged reef near tonga. It's a common theme in an libertarian kind of angled fiction ever since a. Now, i mean, i'm sure like heinlin was playing with ideas that were interesting to him, and that some of which he thought should be instituted but it just seems like a recipe for disaster in general.