Do you think an army of filibusters is viable nowadays? What are some examples on history of private armies taking land and founding their kingdoms or republics? I know about pic related and, for instance, conquistadors used to fund their own trips to conquest the Americas even if the land was meant to be conquered under the Spanish king's banner
>>16889071An army of filibusters was not viable when William Walker was alive. You could even argue it the last time it was truly viable anywhere (exceptions apply) was the middle ages.> I know about pic relatedHe never actually suceeded in conquering anything for more than a year. In fact I think he succinctly demonstrates why filibusterism cannot possibly work.
>>16889127Really, few people care to remember this, but a vast majority filibustering expeditions failed very hard. Some were arrested before crossing the border, were captured and executed by the place they were invading, and a great deal of the people who managed to launch an expedition just turned back around once they realized how fucked they were (Walker did this several times before his luck ran out).
https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-red-dogModern day filibusters that like many of their forbearers, operated out of Louisiana and failed bigly. I’ve been to Dominica and it’s a totally chill island where they filmed a lot of scenes for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
>>16889071It would be fun to try to fillibuster Nauru methinks. An Island of less than 10k people where firemarms are outlawed for the general public seems like a cakewalk. With a few hundred guys you could take control of the few police stations on the island and BAM you're in control.
I’ve always said that Haiti is chaotic enough right now that a sufficiently armed group of pirates could take over some land from gangs. That is, until the US intervenes. Alternatively, just a progressive colonization of the Pitcairn Islands.
>>16889837Im about 80% sure they have australia as a security guarantor
>>16890149I mean, you still could do it in a way that does not piss off everyone else in the viccinity, that is integrate yourself with an already existing local government. Overthorwing them and putting yourself in power is a sketchier process though. (That's what walker did in his much lauded success).
>>16889127>You could even argue it the last time it was truly viable anywhere (exceptions apply) was the middle ages.The term filibuster was first used in the age of buccaneeringThe carribeans were captured from the spanish using buccaneer filibusters
