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That is not what Moldbug advocated though? Patchwork would be a complete rejection of empire
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Moldbug is coming around. Patchwork was not advocacy, bit thought experiment. One which bracketed out the problem of how keep patches feom eating other patches. A problem solved (AFAICT) ONLY by Empire.
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If the patchwork has to become an empire that seems to me to negate the whole point. Unless patchwork is just a temporary vehicle towards better empires
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Patchwork can only exist within Empire. I don't see how better to characterize the Habsburg or HRE but as patchworks.
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