Speaking more in general terms. The math generally says a collapse is far more likely (& practical) than trying to steer this ship on a dime
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Plenty of tech examples. Question is: To what extent does 21st C. political-economy follow tech?
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This is obvious to everyone except tech-fantasists.
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How is it controversial? The question is about integration or disintegration of territory, not the necessity of security.
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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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Decentralisation happens, and will happen, no question. But it happens because the centre dies (like the USSR did).
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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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