The bigger problem is that’s also exactly how the government works: I never opted into any of the laws to which I am subjected, and I have zero bargaining power. The entire premise of our civilization is effectively based on such bad faith. Good faith would be more akin to referendums rhat give the public the chance to affirm or strike any or all existing laws on the books.
Which is why I now endorse violent revolution. Reform is not a realistic option. Those in power demonstrate every single day the kind of bad faith that deserves a firing squad. I would rather endure the terror of anarchy than suffer this tyranny for much longer. Things are not going to get better any other way.
Instead, I want to see local governments become the first-class line of order. County/provincial/regional government would be nothing more than an emergent property of local governments banding together, pooling resources from the bottom up. The current top-down model of federal taxation and trickle-down funding is completely backwards.
Anarchy is a necessary part of the transition, because the existing power structures or not going to peaceably dismantle themselves and transfer power to “lesser” powers that previously would have been groveling at their feet for scraps.
perhaps a rebranding is necessary
how about... Freedom Prime. Super Freedom. Hyperliberty
I may be mistaken, but I don't see any reason for that situation to happen. We humans started with groups, then they organized as tribes, then as regional governments, and then national states. And the bigger entities had power to assimilate either by force or by diplomacy smaller entities. Why would it occur differently this time?
maybe the final form is one giant super-state, made up of smaller nation-states, itself containing multiple city-states, surrounded and cooperating with neighboring estates
League of Nations -> UN -> ???
But, really, I don’t expect things to go any differently. Tyranny is here, and it is here to stay. It is unacceptably bad now, and it will only get worse. This is what I believe will happen, which is fully independent from what I would like to see happen
Expect more domestic terrorism everywhere. From both the people in protest and from the governments in response. Already, I see the government committing acts of terrorism (shielded under the cloak of “authority”) on a daily basis, and I hope some people will at least finally have enough and stop bending over to take it without a fight.
Also, I think big and powerful government would implement very strong surveillance and stop any kind of revolution, even stop every nascent seed of revolution and control every communication medium. The acts of terrorism would be sufficient justification for an increase in control and surveillance.
So, as a summary, I think that it's a better idea to try to improve the system from within and peacefully, and that observing what happened in Serbia may be helpful.
The problem is that all politicians on a national stage are utter sociopaths, just like the C-level executives of every large corporation. These institutions cannot be managed by people with real emotions and empathy; the scale of their operations make it literally impossible. We simply need to make it illegal for such institutions to exist in the first place, except ephemerally through collective action.
Douglas Adams had it right: anyone that wants to hold an office of power should under no circumstances be elected to such a position.
To impose a rule like "no national states" you need a world scale big and powerful organization. And somebody would govern it.
"You are walking along the beach. You see a tortoise laying on its back in the hot sun. You don't help it get up; why is that?"
the balance seemed to lie with the body of the citizen of the state: if someone didnt agree with their leader/laws, they simply laid down their arms when a benevolent invader / reformer arrives
it doesn't have to be violent
if that's how existing powers maintain control, then the new status quo _cannot_ be violent
otherwise it would just be another participant in the existing power struggle
it seems impossible because it hasn't happened, but that doesnt mean it cant necessarily. we discover new things about our selves every day :)
not with that attitude :P
not with that attitude :P
so any party that binds another in such an agreement is knowingly acting in bad faith