As much as humans desire centralization, the universe seems to care almost not at all. Thermodynamics likes decentralization. Hard to fight.
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Replying to @EvanMcM @whereisthewoods and
A "big state" is more continental. Americans prefer individualism and then voluntary collectivization
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Replying to @AndrewQuackson @EvanMcM and
Hard Federalism (massive decentralization) was the flag -- or set of flags -- to do everything under. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @cyborg_nomade and
That's pretty much the only idea less popular than national socialism. Which doesn't make it wrong (it isn't), but it's not much of a flag.
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Replying to @anomalyuk @Outsideness and
Decentralisation happens when the centre fails, not when the idea of decentralisation wins. Is there any counterexample? Czechoslovakia?
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Replying to @anomalyuk @cyborg_nomade and
Plenty of tech examples. Question is: To what extent does 21st C. political-economy follow tech?
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Replying to @Outsideness @cyborg_nomade and
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@patrissimo once said, monopoly of violence over a territory is still a thing.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @anomalyuk @Outsideness and
This is obvious to everyone except tech-fantasists.
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Replying to @mfckr_ @anomalyuk and
How is it controversial? The question is about integration or disintegration of territory, not the necessity of security.
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Replying to @Outsideness @mfckr_ and
My point is that examples of decentralisation taking place outside the sphere of territorial sovereignty are of limited relevance.
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Over the long term, it looks like a metabolic-catabolic cycle. That's certainly what the Chinese think. Empires don't grow to the sky.
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Replying to @Outsideness @mfckr_ and
Decentralisation happens, and will happen, no question. But it happens because the centre dies (like the USSR did).
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Replying to @anomalyuk @Outsideness and
It didn't die because anyone believed in decentralisation. It's nearer the truth that it died because people believed in centralisation.
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