Why not reform an existing political system?
It is tempting to think that political systems can be reformed, say, by electing the right candidate. The sad truth is, political systems work poorly because of their incentives, not who wins elections. It is difficult (and sometimes impossible) to change countries, and extremely difficult to start a new political system (you need to win a war, an election, or a revolution), which means that citizens are a captive audience. By making it easier to try out new social systems, and enabling people to vote with their houses, seasteading will fundamentally change these incentives and bring about a much wider variety and higher quality of government. Over time, this actually will serve to reform the existing political system, because the competition from new nations will keep the old ones honest and encourage them to adapt and evolve. Also, our ecosystem of experimental societies will provide lots of great data about better (and worse) ways to organize a society. Right now, government is like
