tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post2919237935119209295..comments2023-11-02T06:04:23.552-04:00Comments on Back to the Drawing Board: A Polycentrist Party?Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14933199894935324897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-25229879998192571492008-11-16T14:50:00.000-05:002008-11-16T14:50:00.000-05:00I totally hear where you're coming from, and I'm w...I totally hear where you're coming from, and I'm well versed in a number of the Public Choice reasons why this project would be difficult to accomplish. But unfortunately, we don't live in a society where people have stripped collective decision making mechanisms of their power to expand, or where people would even really be willing to try to do so. I'm focusing on a first step in the right direction rather than on an ideal society. Under a more decentralized system of government, I would imagine that more radical reforms would be much easier to affect, given that they would not need to be imposed on huge swaths of the population. That's pretty much the focus.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I don't mean to suggest that all other attempts to realize a freer society are misguided or wrong. I personally don't believe that a substantial proportion of the population would actually want to go through with something like the seasteading idea you brought up, and so I don't think that seasteading represents a complete solution to the problem at hand. But I would be vastly overstepping my bounds if I supposed that no one would be happier trying to find a new life in international waters. So Godspeed, sailor!Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933199894935324897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-50229616158777377752008-11-16T14:18:00.000-05:002008-11-16T14:18:00.000-05:00what about the self-interest of the individuals in...what about the self-interest of the individuals in government that often directs them to collude and cooperate together to further centralize power?<BR/><BR/>i think if the goals you have described for this party were to actually be achieved we would have something similar to what this country has already seen in terms of decentralized government. perhaps you could argue that with today's technology people could be more mobile and able to "vote with their feet" more effectively, but i would still be skeptical.<BR/><BR/>something about land keeps people from moving much. maybe seasteading would work better:<BR/><BR/>http://seasteading.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com