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Re:Is democracy a failure? (1861) by FreedomToCreate on Saturday November 05, 2016 @03:46AM (#12878643)
Any ideas on how technology would render nation states obsolete?
Re:Is democracy a failure? (1861) by kashkhan on Saturday November 05, 2016 @04:32AM (#12878779)
nation states fight over borders to increase tax revenues. wars are governments jockeying to get bigger pieces of the pie.

the solution is to make the pie arbitrarily large.

http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

Re:Is democracy a failure? (1861) by 794CD01 on Saturday November 05, 2016 @06:14AM (#12879037)
Continue to broaden the scope of what can be transmitted securely and anonymously over the internet until jurisdiction over specific pieces of land approaches irrelevancy.
Re:Is democracy a failure? (1861) by na85 on Saturday November 05, 2016 @12:00PM (#12880289)
National borders will never be irrelevant. The meat and bones will always require a physical domicile.