Subnostr

Right. I see it as small jurisdictions with varied governing structures. Personally I wouldn't call them 'corporate' but rather 'sovereign'.

Some jurisdictions can even be 'voluntarist socialist', although to be clear, voluntary socialism is just a free market with local preferences of collaboration combined with negative economic consequences if that collaboration breaks down.

If the jurisdictions are small enough and there are sufficient options to choose from, then liberties arise as a result of competition between jurisdictions rather than achieved via voting. If 80% of a population are functionally sheep or disinterested then voting liberties into existence seems a bit futile.

If a significant portion of wealth and skill leave a jurisdiction when/if liberties are not respected, then that is an impactful game theory pressure.

Cartel behavior among jurisdictions can still pose a problem to competition, for example jurisdictions setting a common tax level among themselves. Yet it only takes a few jurisdictions that break away from the cartel in order to achieve competition.

techfeudalist 1y ago

I used the word “corporate” because I thought some might be founded by say a wealthy bitcoiner, but would be operated by an organization like the way Disney manages their resort and attached communities. 🤷‍♂️

Some may also be on the other side of the spectrum and operated like socialist communes.

I agree about the game theory helping to maintain freedoms.

I’m still unsure how we transition to a world with weaker or more supportive central or national governments. I guess we’ll see.

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Leo Fernevak 1y ago

Agreed. Ideally we will see a variety of different types of governance models. This is helpful because we can't know in advance which form of governance will work best under unknown future local conditions. My point was just to focus on the variety dimension, so corporate jurisdictions will absolutely exist as well.

I am concinced the Bitcoin game theory is our best shot at arriving at a world with decentralization, liberties, property rights and options.

As humanity later expand to other planets, decentralization will deepen and the options will expand further. The long term ideal is a universe of options where people can settle where they feel aligned with the customs, architecture and lifestyle of an area.

Control fades with distance. There is a horizon of sovereignty involved in the distance from central planning. Micro-managjng from afar (colonialism) is difficult and require a lot of resources. As the distances increase, local sovereignty grows.