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I understand the appeal of libertarian ideas for the autistic anti-authoritatian types but ultimately think that they are impractical, juvenile, miss the bigger picture and will never reach broad acceptance. Wordcels like Rand, Hoppe, Rothbard, Huerta de Soto and Miguel Anxo Bastos embody this contradiction by preaching rugged individualism from the comfort of state-subsidized systems they condemn. Societies built upon these principles have turned out to be a failure except for the elite.
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Digital Renaissance 5mo ago

I recently came across an open-source book project called Plurality that critiques both libertarianism and technocracy—not just in terms of who holds power, but in how they imagine society. Both reduce the world to isolated individuals (atoms) and a collective system (whether centrally planned or market-driven). They mainly differ in who commands authority, not how authority actually emerges.

Plurality proposes something different: decentralized democracy rooted in relationships—between people, communities, and their environments. It suggests governance should emerge from these interactions, not from abstract ideals of either individualism or centralized control.

Interestingly, this relational philosophy aligns more with how Bitcoin actually works: not top-down, not purely individualist, but through a decentralized network of mutual verification, incentives, and evolving consensus.

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verbiricha 5mo ago

very interesting viewpoint! where can I find the book?

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Digital Renaissance 5mo ago

You can download it from their website for free or buy a printed copy in most bookstores. Cool that you are interested to look into it. Once you’ve read it, let me know what you think!

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ede3d957... 5mo ago

Strong individuals are the basis for voluntary interaction in groups/communities, which lays the ground for voluntary interaction within communities of communities.

Replace aggression with voluntary interaction and you can start calling what you built a society over a sack of barbarians.

It all begins with courageous autonomous individuals.

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Digital Renaissance 5mo ago

You raise a compelling point—and decentralized democracy doesn’t necessarily disagree with the value of strong, autonomous individuals. But it does challenge the idea that such individuals exist prior to their social context.

Instead of starting with the individual as an isolated atom, decentralized democracy asks: what actually constitutes an individual? It suggests that autonomy emerges from relationships—especially through one’s relation to property, expression, and influence. These aren’t just things an individual “has”; they’re co-shaped through interaction with others and the world.

In this view, society isn’t built on individuals—it’s built through the relational processes that allow individuality to emerge in the first place.