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Croatia shutters a libertarian paradise, orange site readers have a sad (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] self@awful.systems 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Define "scam"? Who is trying to scam who in this situation? The Liberlanders feel more like a LARP group than any sort of pyramid scheme, and it's not like there was any serious risk of them actually receiving recognition and depriving the actual nations nearby of the (as you point out) worthless land.

whenever I see LARP in any context but literal live action roleplaying (nerds doing nerd shit in the woods, and even then it can be iffy) what follows is the worst fucking take I’ve ever seen. is LARPing just how libertarian fuckheads cover for their illegal militia shit these days?

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As if on cue:

LARPing and Violent Extremism (fbi.gov)

[–] self@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago

I am no fan of the FBI, but there is a certain joy in how much the resident fascists at the orange site seem to hate that the jig is up

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 1 year ago

the Croatian authorities were just keeping in character

[–] kuna@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

LARP in any context but literal live action roleplaying

What I found interesting is that the word "larp" seems to have evolved into description of decidedly non-live action roleplaying, as in "larping an anarchist online".