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Replying to @eiaine @interfluidity and @YesCalifornia
Coordinated mass migration (build new city in friendly location, perhaps use an assurance contract where nothing happens unless 10k+ sign up to get past the network effect hump, get targeted group of people to move), for or against?
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Yea, likewise. Though I think the Rajneesh people in Oregon had something cool until fucking Phil Knight had to fuck with them. That and the crazy lady who wanted to kill people. And the bioweapon to curb voter turnout.
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Note though that internal factional crap forced the government to take over in 1980. I suspect that’s not uncommon. People underestimate the difficulty of large-scale intentional community governance.
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Hell, people underestimate the small-scale intentional community governance! It might sound cliche, but I think the lack of diversity (of beliefs, lifestyles, jobs, etc.) is what kills these. They're just too groupthink-y to work. You need a reality feedback loop.
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Yea, but it's still pretty hard to make them work well. Also the uni ones are much less culty and more likely to have healthy dissent and appreciation/structure of seniority to help guide.
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