Haha, a classic. Seriously, every day Facebook is in operation must be like Christmas to the spooks, it's the next best thing to direct access to people's thoughts. Even if you don't have an account people will talk about what you do, take pics of you and tag your face for the facial recognition engine!

I should add that I've only discussed the Somalia option with libertarians who say they hate government so much that they'd prefer anarchy.

Libertarians don't want a free market in a meaningful (practical) sense. They want deregulation, consequences be damned.

Libertarians are a lot like communists. If a state fails under their system, it's because it didn't follow their ideology closely enough and the moment a system does meet the ideal exactly, it will be a utopia, you'll see!

Although bordering on a state may also be enough to prevent utopia (See: Somalia - I keep hearing that the government-controlled compound in the capital is a big sticking point).

Relevant 1-panel comic:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/-h7v6JeQ5...

The US is relatively low in authoritarianism but relatively high in oligarchy - right up there with Russia and China. Look at how much it costs to get elected in the US, how stagnant the pool of candidates is, and the average net worth of the ruling class and tell me they are one of the least oligarchic countries.

Probably the same as now, like the lovechild of a weird European city car and a Soviet attack helicopter.

I think a batter question is, how will the Nissan Leaf compete with the Tesla E?

I grew up in Estonia. It actually was't too bad.
Your turn.

You will have to flush the brakes on an electric car as well and with the same maintenance period (once a year is recommended). The only cars that did not need that procedure were some old Citroens that used LHM (green-coloured mineral oil) as the brake fluid because mineral oil is not hygroscopic.

Still, you can actually flush your brakes yourself, it is not really that difficult. Only normal brake fluid is very nasty stuff. It is corrosive and poisonous.

Does this the crackdown on anti-poach agreements have something to do with it?

And of course it's VERY region-dependent...try making half that much outside of SF, NYC or Austin...all the places with sky-high real estate costs, what an odd coincidence.