Government in space colonies

On 10/9/14 7:51 PM, bicyclemassage123@... [spacesettlers] wrote:

> What sort of government would be best suited for an initial space colony.
> Phase 1 seems easy because the people that want to be there are there.
> Phase 2 children, and the next generation, will need incentive to work,
> be productive members of society etc. all the problems we have on earth.
>
> Do we take the model we have for government here and use it there?
> What do we do with criminals, mentally unstable, or other human
> liabilities?

Well, as you say, these are all the same problems we have here now. I
imagine that mostly similar solutions will be used.

But, because the space colonies will be more physically isolated from
each other than cities are here, there may be more experimentation with
other solutions. Some will work better, some won't. Should be interesting!

- Joe