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qayxcyesterday at 10:25 PM0 repliesview on HN

> Long distance/time dependencies could develop and be naturally maintained via complex decentralized indirect but intertwined economic arrangements.

But that would require causality-breaking FTL, no? Otherwise the speed of light itself would create enough of an obstacle to make any trade impractical. Property rights only work if they are enforceable, which is the case on Earth but not over interstellar distances.