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Popular sovereignty is what the United States is nominally about - the state is a reflection of public will through democracy -rather than the Eurasian system of an individual/family's will directing society without recourse. Human societies just tend to default toward authoritarian sovereignty and this is part of why our global civilization is such a mess. If the United States renovates itself, rediscovers popular sovereignty to have libertarian socialism in one country - it could then radiate across the globe. Especially if part of this system of government is open source software that any nation can adopt.
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les fleurs du mall posted:you mean bitcoin? No, more like linux, the software behind Uber, or Wiki.
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The American highway system and the world wide web both have different measures of 'sovereignty'. There are 'rules of the road' and 'protocols' that allow for a measure of freedom for individuals. I use a dashcam because I think a new kind of objective law and justice is possible if enough people seek change in themselves. That is always the issue of libertarianism - the individual is a minority of one and billions of them can never be satisfied.
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blablablabla posted:Not in eve online Griefing in the service of liberty is no vice
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Squalid posted:I disagree, at least by any reasonable definitions of society and authoritarian. One need only look at the communal social relations prevalent among modern-hunter gatherers, for an easy counter-example. Individual freedom and autonomy are important values in many cultures besides America. For example a fundamental principle among the Arab tribes of Yemen is essentially "nobody can tell you what to do," and any Sheikh who thinks he can dictate to his people what they can or should do is bound to find himself deserted by his supporters. True, I was focusing exclusively on modern industrial/bureaucratic states with that statement about society. But assuming modern telecommunications aren't going anywhere people won't have laissez-faire tribal organization anymore - some version of the western nation-state governs most of the world's people. The Chinese 'Mandate of Heaven' idea actually combines popular and hereditary sovereignty. The Emperor is conditionally endorsed by the gods and the people. Mc Do Well fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Jan 24, 2016 |
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