I’m still chewing on this line from Giorgio Agamben’s book, Where are we now? The epidemic as politics (to read my earlier book review click here). Agamben’s thesis, repeated throughout the book, is that: We are experiencing the end of an era in the political history of the West, the era of bourgeois democracy founded on constitutions, on rights, on parliaments, and on the division of powers. This model was already facing a crisis: constitutional principles were increasingly being ignored, and the executive power had almost entirely replaced the legislative by operating — as it now does exclusively — through legislative decrees [aka “executive orders”]. With the so-called pandemic, things went further: what American political analysts called the “Security State” — which was established in response to terrorism — has now given way to a health-based paradigm of governance that we term “biosecurity”. It is important to understand that biosecurity, both in its efficacy and in its pervasiveness, outdoes every form of governance that we have hitherto known. As we have seen in Italy — but not only here — as soon as a threat to health is declared, people unresistingly consent to limitations on their freedom that they would never have accepted in the past. (p. 60)
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"Centralized power leaves institutions vulnerable to capture. I think our goal should be to have power be as decentralized and localized as possible."
I agree wholeheartedly, and wrote about this at length 10 years ago in a series of articles beginning with "Fractal Sovereignty." Although the series is somewhat outdated, the principles are as relevant as ever.
The main thing I want to draw the attention of your readers to is that decentralization applies not only to government, but to every other aspect of society: manufacturing, money, education, agriculture, communication, security, energy, medicine and religion. Pick your area of interest and/or expertise and get started! The article on manufacturing has links to the other articles: https://fractalsovereignty.substack.com/p/decentralized-manufacturing
The issue with number 1 is that ignores the economic reality that self-interested NGO’s have played an enormous role in keeping poor and developing nations poor.
Example, Sandals resorts are for-profit and the organization has pulled tens of thousands from poverty in the Caribbean. But now, the NGO’s are trying to destroy Jamaica by resettling thousands of Syrian refugees there, and giving them “special” tax breaks (aka zero taxes in a high tax country) that are destroying Jamaican businesses. At the request of the NGO’s, these tax breaks are unavailable to actual Jamaican citizens. The Syrian loophole is destroying Jamaican businesses and the fabric of society because it’s hard for businesses that pay high taxes to compete with businesses that pay no taxes. That’s what NGOs often do - destroy so their “cause,” aka funding excuse, continues in perpetuity. They buy off some politicians to create destructive policies. The politicians get rich. Those with the NGOs live far better than the local population. The local population is crushed. This plays out in one form or another in almost every developing and poor nation on Earth.
Rather than invest in capital western governments and organizations provide “free” stuff via NGOs, thereby destroying economies (along with excessively high taxes and regulations that lead to corruption). It might make a westerner feel good to send a free pair of Toms to Africa, but the reality is that puts the shoemakers in Africa out of business. It’s hard to compete with free in the short term, but in the long term giving stuff away free today inhibits real economic growth.
In Afghanistan we didn’t teach Afghans how to build and run schools, we did it for them instead. We didn’t train Afghan pilots or military leaders, we taught the Afghan soldiers to be US infantry, not an independent force that could defend itself.
There is not a finite amount of wealth, it grows, but when wealth can’t grow, people get crushed.
Corporate monopolies, which is really corporate communism, is a huge problem in the west. Failure to ensure the markets remain free and competition viable leads to totalitarian or Oligarchy style rule. Monopolies are terrible for equality and opportunity - it doesn’t matter if said monopolies call themselves “corporation” or “government.” Central planning, in whatever form, creates inequality and crushes the human spirit. It’s brutal.
Freedom depends on competition and choice. Power hungry organizations crush that, whatever form they take. I don’t know that things needs to be hyper-local, but we need to ensure space for competition. I think the libertarian argument fails because it demands massive human suffering before monopolies and harm causing organizations are brought into check. Corporate communism isn’t any better than government communism.
To me, a government of, for, and by the PEOPLE should never claim an organization gets equal rights to an actual person. I’ll support any candidate from any party interested in reinstating Glass-Steagall, creating genuine antitrust laws with teeth, and willing to get the corporate money out of politics and government funding (no big pharma funding public health agencies, no Zuckey funding elections, no corporate support of particular candidates or issues not directly and materially impacting the organization, corporate board reform).
Democrats have been making promises for years to restore competition and advocate for opportunity. Yet, except for Clinton when I was a teenager, when actually in office all they seem to actually accomplish is inflating the asset values of the already wealthy, the tax bills and dreams of strivers, and the cost of daily expenses for the bottom 90%. Say what you will about Trump, opportunity was everywhere, capital accessible to everyone, inflation very low, and wages grew fastest at the bottom.
Biden has done nothing but inflate my power bill and value of my passive investments, crushed public services with useless and cruel vaccine mandates, and ruthlessly empowered corrupt big pharma by attempting to force kids as young as 5 to sign up for their most recent destructive subscription plan.
I was indoctrinated to vote for Dems out of grad school and now live with enormous guilt I contributed to destroying my kids generation by my past votes for totalitarian, racist, misogynistic Democrats. Trump opened my eyes. I’m gonna be voting for populist Republicans for a while, with my vote, my time, my treasure, and a heck of a lot more knowledge than I had as an ignorant blind 20-something pontificating about theories I didn’t actually understand. Marrying a man who I’ll has relatives from Cuba spurred me to learn, and wow, was I dumb to listen to a bunch of insulated professors who pontificate theories while ignoring outcomes.
Anti-centralization is the key. Federalism on steroids. The Nazis, the communists were all in on centralization as we’re seeing in the cesspool known as DC and its uni-party. Break it apart..
Return to a constitutional republic with separation of powers, federalism, individual liberty, property rights, the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, and principles of the founding fathers, free market capitalism, and the independent American spirit that made this country great. Renew ourselves to the Declaration of Independence.
A federal government is necessary (bounded by Federalism and the 10th Amendment), but a large federal government is not, particularly when it’s core is a bureaucracy that has metastasized. Make the government lean again, pare back and disrupt the deep state so that the people are seeved rather than the bureaucratic behemoth.
The US has the best system of government ever devised; it can and should continue to be improved. Replacement is not necessary.
The recent problems are not issues of architecture but of corruption. The final ultimate check on an out of confrol federal government and state governors is We The People. We know how to fix this and the solution is within us.
Ryszard Legutko warned about this in his 2018 book "The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies". I suspect he was largely ignored because he is conservative and all powerful institutions across the west especially academia have been captured by totalitarian leftists (Socialists, Greens, Marxists, Communists) who have made conditions for 'where are we now?' possible. They love total control, censorship, segregation, destroying political enemies by any means, especially camps. The post soviet "end of history" failed to demonize socialism and communism, instead under the guise of tolerance, allowed these rats seats inside parliaments across the west. Liberal democracies were eaten from the inside by these forces who have been weaponized by higher forces - global oligarchs. We are now reaping the consequences.
"The highest paid bureaucrat in U.S. history, Tony Fauci, has killed more Americans than all foreign wars combined. " And regardless of all the crimes Fauci has commited, he remains untouchable and medical inquisition continue to move forward. Fauci is the USA's great Inquisitor. Literally speaking. He is a Jesuit. People need to learn the history, to understand that the USA was taken over long time ago. A Sinister Force Behind Historical Conflicts, Global Agendas, Revolutions and World Wars Is the same sinister force currently working behind The Corona Operation? https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/a-sinister-force-behind-historical What we are seeing now is controlled demolishion of current world order in order to bring in The New Order of the Ages. They've told us the truth years in advance, but nobody is paying attention to "Bunch of nonsense and "conspiracy theories" 2012/1992 -https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/the-corona-end-game-addendum The Corona End Game The Truth Behind The Symbols https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/the-corona-end-game
You hit the nail on the head! Bottom up vs top down government. I truly believe this is what our founding fathers had planned for in their initial design of our democracy. But this design has been raped and pillaged by power, money hungry individuals who are elected and then rule far longer than should be permitted (term limits). Like another follower said, it's not just our government that is the problem, it is the capture of our ruling class by large centralized corporations. All this to say, it is a HUGE mess and you are on to something by opening the conversation about how to find a way out.
There's a lot of discussion about a parallel economy. Is that the best way to start? I honestly have no idea but in my own small world, I am trying to do just that. My profession is horribly captured and a group of us have joined in an effort to call out this capture. We hope to form a parallel association that represents dentists who desire to discuss and debate science in a respectful manner so that we may offer our patients the best possible care and our staff the best possible work environment.
1) Rebuild foundations, bottom-up approach. 2) Overhaul local Councils filled with corrupt nodding baubbleheads. Elect fresh ideas with moral courage of their convictions, unwilling to be captured, willing to protect individual rights and freedoms at the expense of special interests. 3) Outlaw lobbying. 4) Strengthen courts with accountability for judges and judgements. 5) Term limits for every elected official.
Another thought provoking and appreciated read, Dr Toby. I am alarmed that this increasingly omnipotent biosecurity state, being so rapidly forced upon us by ushering in deadly totalitarian techno “responses” to a farcically overhyped plandemic will force freedom loving Christian people into new hyper localized communities merely for the sake of survival. I hope all on this well informed site are paying heed to what is going on with food supply lines. For example, “unvaxxed “ long haul truckers will soon be forbidden from crossing the Canadian side of the border into and out of the USA. Sure seems likely to me that a food shortage is in the works. Stock up! Will the power grid soon be disrupted to further counter dissent and instill more fear? From what I’m learning from The Ice Age Farmer, Daisy Luther, David Stockman, James Howard Kunstler and others, the complete decimation of our economy is frighteningly imminent and local communities with barter exchanges for goods and services will be requisite - that is for folks who can maneuver clear of being hunted down like rabid (“unvaxxed “) dogs and put in “education” camps. Sadly, I don’t see sufficient energy and numbers yet in deployment to counter the amazingly swift authoritarian controls being implemented in western countries. After all, the NWO has been strategized for how many years? They’ve gone through mesmerizing lengths to game all institutions and the mass media. There are surely more previously unfathomable demonic tricks up their sleeves. But more people are awakening, and I still harbor hope we will defeat this, as a single bolt of lightning can instantly reverse direction of a herd and cause a stampede the other way.
Several people who served in the Trump administration saw and named the problem in a similar way. Richard Grenell said that the concentration of administration offices in DC caused a revolving door and echo chamber of the same small group of cronies cycling in and around the bureaucracy. It’s not necessarily the figurehead leaders of these agencies who rotate with administrations, but more so the rank and file who never leave that are the problem. He suggested the best solution would be to downsize government and distribute out the smaller administrative state into regions outside DC. One can look at the wealth accumulated in the zip codes in and around DC to see the grift and corruption manifested in centralized government. If the federal government was decentralized, you’d get a better diversity of opinions and expertise. I am also in favor of term limits. And some agencies are so corrupted they must be torn down completely (FBI, CIA, Dept of Ed.). We need a complete overhaul of the administrative state. Federalism is the answer and a Convention of the States to force amendments to the Constitution.
I consider myself a Progressive lefty and supported Bernie Sanders. Basically, it makes sense to me for the floor of society to start inching upward along with technology. I always have an ear for libertarian type arguments as the principles they come from are sound but where I diverge is I don't think the federal government is the biggest threat in the room. The unchecked multinational companies look to me like the biggest threat.. Their respective influence and take over of the federal government is the problem as I see it.
I guess if its not a democratic federal government acting as a check on multinationals, well then what will?
All that said, I got to admit I don't see how our institutions can be restored. And even if we could restore them I'd be worried about the kind of countermeasures we would see. Capital Flight and perhaps the bottom pulled out from under the US Dollar.
Hyperlocalization does look to be a key piece of the puzzle as if we were ever to really challenge the powers of the largest corporations we would need to do so from a place where we aren't dependent on said corporations.
Federations of city states are the proper solution, where the federations are exclusively limited to defending an objective and rational idea of natural rights, and where city states can experiment with various preferences using systems of consent.
Dec 30, 2021·edited Dec 30, 2021Liked by Toby Rogers
Catholic teaching has always taught problems should be solved at the most local level practical.
(Btw, 1958 on, commies and freemasons are running the Vatican. They do the exact opposite. Cheerleaders for NWO. Traitors) Catholic Church is in eclipse outside Vatican structure. A remnant
Dec 30, 2021·edited Dec 30, 2021Liked by Toby Rogers
We the people of our state of Hawaii are forming our state assemblies and grand juries ready to bring our state local leaders back to the Constitution and our Bill of Rights. We are all studying National Assembly and listen to Red Beckman. We meet weekly and now study the grand jury process to listen to grievances of our neighbors. Educate others and do self transformative work to empower our sincerity and awareness.
Our sovereignty rests on individual respect and purpose founded in liberty. I share 6 tools for such recognition of the unique purpose, valuable and significant, we each must be aware of in order to shine with sovereignty. These are based on natural quantum world principles that are the foundation of our constitution and of the youniverse into which we need to expand awareness.
We are each sacred under God and need to remind a new government as the present is impeached and brought to its knees to pray again for all those wrongfully mandated and injected.
And all the blood money earned and stolen like the gold coins of Judas, be returned to the people who lost wellbeing and life of their families.
When we replace our scared with sacred, divinity can fill our government again as written in our precious declaration of God and constitution. There is much to be grateful for and a lot of replacements to be made. We each offer ourselves as our greatest weaknesses show us to our greatest strengths. Thank you for glowing out into the world with gentleness and non violent communication. I recommend studying Dr. Marshall Rosenberg in these matters, which bring fighting people together merely with communication. Look on YouTube. Thank you Gandhi, one of my many blessed teachers.
This is an excellent article Toby. Of course many of us have seen the potential for alternative societies arising from the Corona-Vaccine-Chaos (CVC :). For example, I saw that a few brave doctors here in New Zealand were being censored and demonized for speaking out. At the same time, the run-of-the-mill pharma-hypnotized GPs felt those who chose to be unvaccinated were not wanted in their clinics. So naturally I wondered if a new, more holistic medical group would arise. And that seems to have happened already with an alternative to the WHO emerging.
Also, I think you may find interesting parallels between your notion of hyper-localization in society and the concept of "micro-services" in software architecture design. The latter strives to break down all architecture services in very small units, each of which can run on its own independent of the rest of the system. This design makes the whole system much more resilient, with independent units being able to continue working when other components break down. You will find quite a lot on the web about micro-services and how they make systems more robust.
“ I think we have at least as good a hand as the ruling class right now... A revolution is building and we are already running circles around the ruling class intellectually, morally, and spiritually…”
Very well said and I completely agree with you—we have the momentum and the ruling class is being exposed more and more every single day. We can’t give up, especially now that they are backed into a corner. The game is ours to lose at this point but we must go in for the metaphorical kill. We need to increase our pressure here, and become more vocal.
Afterwards, yes, hyper localization with everything—especially medicine and food. Food because that “system” is extremely centralized and already at risk of collapsing. We must vote for people who fight for food and medical freedom.
"Centralized power leaves institutions vulnerable to capture. I think our goal should be to have power be as decentralized and localized as possible."
I agree wholeheartedly, and wrote about this at length 10 years ago in a series of articles beginning with "Fractal Sovereignty." Although the series is somewhat outdated, the principles are as relevant as ever.
The main thing I want to draw the attention of your readers to is that decentralization applies not only to government, but to every other aspect of society: manufacturing, money, education, agriculture, communication, security, energy, medicine and religion. Pick your area of interest and/or expertise and get started! The article on manufacturing has links to the other articles: https://fractalsovereignty.substack.com/p/decentralized-manufacturing
The issue with number 1 is that ignores the economic reality that self-interested NGO’s have played an enormous role in keeping poor and developing nations poor.
Example, Sandals resorts are for-profit and the organization has pulled tens of thousands from poverty in the Caribbean. But now, the NGO’s are trying to destroy Jamaica by resettling thousands of Syrian refugees there, and giving them “special” tax breaks (aka zero taxes in a high tax country) that are destroying Jamaican businesses. At the request of the NGO’s, these tax breaks are unavailable to actual Jamaican citizens. The Syrian loophole is destroying Jamaican businesses and the fabric of society because it’s hard for businesses that pay high taxes to compete with businesses that pay no taxes. That’s what NGOs often do - destroy so their “cause,” aka funding excuse, continues in perpetuity. They buy off some politicians to create destructive policies. The politicians get rich. Those with the NGOs live far better than the local population. The local population is crushed. This plays out in one form or another in almost every developing and poor nation on Earth.
Rather than invest in capital western governments and organizations provide “free” stuff via NGOs, thereby destroying economies (along with excessively high taxes and regulations that lead to corruption). It might make a westerner feel good to send a free pair of Toms to Africa, but the reality is that puts the shoemakers in Africa out of business. It’s hard to compete with free in the short term, but in the long term giving stuff away free today inhibits real economic growth.
In Afghanistan we didn’t teach Afghans how to build and run schools, we did it for them instead. We didn’t train Afghan pilots or military leaders, we taught the Afghan soldiers to be US infantry, not an independent force that could defend itself.
There is not a finite amount of wealth, it grows, but when wealth can’t grow, people get crushed.
Corporate monopolies, which is really corporate communism, is a huge problem in the west. Failure to ensure the markets remain free and competition viable leads to totalitarian or Oligarchy style rule. Monopolies are terrible for equality and opportunity - it doesn’t matter if said monopolies call themselves “corporation” or “government.” Central planning, in whatever form, creates inequality and crushes the human spirit. It’s brutal.
Freedom depends on competition and choice. Power hungry organizations crush that, whatever form they take. I don’t know that things needs to be hyper-local, but we need to ensure space for competition. I think the libertarian argument fails because it demands massive human suffering before monopolies and harm causing organizations are brought into check. Corporate communism isn’t any better than government communism.
To me, a government of, for, and by the PEOPLE should never claim an organization gets equal rights to an actual person. I’ll support any candidate from any party interested in reinstating Glass-Steagall, creating genuine antitrust laws with teeth, and willing to get the corporate money out of politics and government funding (no big pharma funding public health agencies, no Zuckey funding elections, no corporate support of particular candidates or issues not directly and materially impacting the organization, corporate board reform).
Democrats have been making promises for years to restore competition and advocate for opportunity. Yet, except for Clinton when I was a teenager, when actually in office all they seem to actually accomplish is inflating the asset values of the already wealthy, the tax bills and dreams of strivers, and the cost of daily expenses for the bottom 90%. Say what you will about Trump, opportunity was everywhere, capital accessible to everyone, inflation very low, and wages grew fastest at the bottom.
Biden has done nothing but inflate my power bill and value of my passive investments, crushed public services with useless and cruel vaccine mandates, and ruthlessly empowered corrupt big pharma by attempting to force kids as young as 5 to sign up for their most recent destructive subscription plan.
I was indoctrinated to vote for Dems out of grad school and now live with enormous guilt I contributed to destroying my kids generation by my past votes for totalitarian, racist, misogynistic Democrats. Trump opened my eyes. I’m gonna be voting for populist Republicans for a while, with my vote, my time, my treasure, and a heck of a lot more knowledge than I had as an ignorant blind 20-something pontificating about theories I didn’t actually understand. Marrying a man who I’ll has relatives from Cuba spurred me to learn, and wow, was I dumb to listen to a bunch of insulated professors who pontificate theories while ignoring outcomes.
Anti-centralization is the key. Federalism on steroids. The Nazis, the communists were all in on centralization as we’re seeing in the cesspool known as DC and its uni-party. Break it apart..
Return to a constitutional republic with separation of powers, federalism, individual liberty, property rights, the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, and principles of the founding fathers, free market capitalism, and the independent American spirit that made this country great. Renew ourselves to the Declaration of Independence.
A federal government is necessary (bounded by Federalism and the 10th Amendment), but a large federal government is not, particularly when it’s core is a bureaucracy that has metastasized. Make the government lean again, pare back and disrupt the deep state so that the people are seeved rather than the bureaucratic behemoth.
The US has the best system of government ever devised; it can and should continue to be improved. Replacement is not necessary.
The recent problems are not issues of architecture but of corruption. The final ultimate check on an out of confrol federal government and state governors is We The People. We know how to fix this and the solution is within us.
Ryszard Legutko warned about this in his 2018 book "The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies". I suspect he was largely ignored because he is conservative and all powerful institutions across the west especially academia have been captured by totalitarian leftists (Socialists, Greens, Marxists, Communists) who have made conditions for 'where are we now?' possible. They love total control, censorship, segregation, destroying political enemies by any means, especially camps. The post soviet "end of history" failed to demonize socialism and communism, instead under the guise of tolerance, allowed these rats seats inside parliaments across the west. Liberal democracies were eaten from the inside by these forces who have been weaponized by higher forces - global oligarchs. We are now reaping the consequences.
"The highest paid bureaucrat in U.S. history, Tony Fauci, has killed more Americans than all foreign wars combined. " And regardless of all the crimes Fauci has commited, he remains untouchable and medical inquisition continue to move forward. Fauci is the USA's great Inquisitor. Literally speaking. He is a Jesuit. People need to learn the history, to understand that the USA was taken over long time ago. A Sinister Force Behind Historical Conflicts, Global Agendas, Revolutions and World Wars Is the same sinister force currently working behind The Corona Operation? https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/a-sinister-force-behind-historical What we are seeing now is controlled demolishion of current world order in order to bring in The New Order of the Ages. They've told us the truth years in advance, but nobody is paying attention to "Bunch of nonsense and "conspiracy theories" 2012/1992 -https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/the-corona-end-game-addendum The Corona End Game The Truth Behind The Symbols https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/the-corona-end-game
You hit the nail on the head! Bottom up vs top down government. I truly believe this is what our founding fathers had planned for in their initial design of our democracy. But this design has been raped and pillaged by power, money hungry individuals who are elected and then rule far longer than should be permitted (term limits). Like another follower said, it's not just our government that is the problem, it is the capture of our ruling class by large centralized corporations. All this to say, it is a HUGE mess and you are on to something by opening the conversation about how to find a way out.
There's a lot of discussion about a parallel economy. Is that the best way to start? I honestly have no idea but in my own small world, I am trying to do just that. My profession is horribly captured and a group of us have joined in an effort to call out this capture. We hope to form a parallel association that represents dentists who desire to discuss and debate science in a respectful manner so that we may offer our patients the best possible care and our staff the best possible work environment.
1) Rebuild foundations, bottom-up approach. 2) Overhaul local Councils filled with corrupt nodding baubbleheads. Elect fresh ideas with moral courage of their convictions, unwilling to be captured, willing to protect individual rights and freedoms at the expense of special interests. 3) Outlaw lobbying. 4) Strengthen courts with accountability for judges and judgements. 5) Term limits for every elected official.
Another thought provoking and appreciated read, Dr Toby. I am alarmed that this increasingly omnipotent biosecurity state, being so rapidly forced upon us by ushering in deadly totalitarian techno “responses” to a farcically overhyped plandemic will force freedom loving Christian people into new hyper localized communities merely for the sake of survival. I hope all on this well informed site are paying heed to what is going on with food supply lines. For example, “unvaxxed “ long haul truckers will soon be forbidden from crossing the Canadian side of the border into and out of the USA. Sure seems likely to me that a food shortage is in the works. Stock up! Will the power grid soon be disrupted to further counter dissent and instill more fear? From what I’m learning from The Ice Age Farmer, Daisy Luther, David Stockman, James Howard Kunstler and others, the complete decimation of our economy is frighteningly imminent and local communities with barter exchanges for goods and services will be requisite - that is for folks who can maneuver clear of being hunted down like rabid (“unvaxxed “) dogs and put in “education” camps. Sadly, I don’t see sufficient energy and numbers yet in deployment to counter the amazingly swift authoritarian controls being implemented in western countries. After all, the NWO has been strategized for how many years? They’ve gone through mesmerizing lengths to game all institutions and the mass media. There are surely more previously unfathomable demonic tricks up their sleeves. But more people are awakening, and I still harbor hope we will defeat this, as a single bolt of lightning can instantly reverse direction of a herd and cause a stampede the other way.
Several people who served in the Trump administration saw and named the problem in a similar way. Richard Grenell said that the concentration of administration offices in DC caused a revolving door and echo chamber of the same small group of cronies cycling in and around the bureaucracy. It’s not necessarily the figurehead leaders of these agencies who rotate with administrations, but more so the rank and file who never leave that are the problem. He suggested the best solution would be to downsize government and distribute out the smaller administrative state into regions outside DC. One can look at the wealth accumulated in the zip codes in and around DC to see the grift and corruption manifested in centralized government. If the federal government was decentralized, you’d get a better diversity of opinions and expertise. I am also in favor of term limits. And some agencies are so corrupted they must be torn down completely (FBI, CIA, Dept of Ed.). We need a complete overhaul of the administrative state. Federalism is the answer and a Convention of the States to force amendments to the Constitution.
I consider myself a Progressive lefty and supported Bernie Sanders. Basically, it makes sense to me for the floor of society to start inching upward along with technology. I always have an ear for libertarian type arguments as the principles they come from are sound but where I diverge is I don't think the federal government is the biggest threat in the room. The unchecked multinational companies look to me like the biggest threat.. Their respective influence and take over of the federal government is the problem as I see it.
I guess if its not a democratic federal government acting as a check on multinationals, well then what will?
All that said, I got to admit I don't see how our institutions can be restored. And even if we could restore them I'd be worried about the kind of countermeasures we would see. Capital Flight and perhaps the bottom pulled out from under the US Dollar.
Hyperlocalization does look to be a key piece of the puzzle as if we were ever to really challenge the powers of the largest corporations we would need to do so from a place where we aren't dependent on said corporations.
Federations of city states are the proper solution, where the federations are exclusively limited to defending an objective and rational idea of natural rights, and where city states can experiment with various preferences using systems of consent.
This book is a proof:
https://reasonandliberty.com/rl/declaration
Catholic teaching has always taught problems should be solved at the most local level practical.
(Btw, 1958 on, commies and freemasons are running the Vatican. They do the exact opposite. Cheerleaders for NWO. Traitors) Catholic Church is in eclipse outside Vatican structure. A remnant
We the people of our state of Hawaii are forming our state assemblies and grand juries ready to bring our state local leaders back to the Constitution and our Bill of Rights. We are all studying National Assembly and listen to Red Beckman. We meet weekly and now study the grand jury process to listen to grievances of our neighbors. Educate others and do self transformative work to empower our sincerity and awareness.
Our sovereignty rests on individual respect and purpose founded in liberty. I share 6 tools for such recognition of the unique purpose, valuable and significant, we each must be aware of in order to shine with sovereignty. These are based on natural quantum world principles that are the foundation of our constitution and of the youniverse into which we need to expand awareness.
We are each sacred under God and need to remind a new government as the present is impeached and brought to its knees to pray again for all those wrongfully mandated and injected.
And all the blood money earned and stolen like the gold coins of Judas, be returned to the people who lost wellbeing and life of their families.
When we replace our scared with sacred, divinity can fill our government again as written in our precious declaration of God and constitution. There is much to be grateful for and a lot of replacements to be made. We each offer ourselves as our greatest weaknesses show us to our greatest strengths. Thank you for glowing out into the world with gentleness and non violent communication. I recommend studying Dr. Marshall Rosenberg in these matters, which bring fighting people together merely with communication. Look on YouTube. Thank you Gandhi, one of my many blessed teachers.
This is an excellent article Toby. Of course many of us have seen the potential for alternative societies arising from the Corona-Vaccine-Chaos (CVC :). For example, I saw that a few brave doctors here in New Zealand were being censored and demonized for speaking out. At the same time, the run-of-the-mill pharma-hypnotized GPs felt those who chose to be unvaccinated were not wanted in their clinics. So naturally I wondered if a new, more holistic medical group would arise. And that seems to have happened already with an alternative to the WHO emerging.
Also, I think you may find interesting parallels between your notion of hyper-localization in society and the concept of "micro-services" in software architecture design. The latter strives to break down all architecture services in very small units, each of which can run on its own independent of the rest of the system. This design makes the whole system much more resilient, with independent units being able to continue working when other components break down. You will find quite a lot on the web about micro-services and how they make systems more robust.
“ I think we have at least as good a hand as the ruling class right now... A revolution is building and we are already running circles around the ruling class intellectually, morally, and spiritually…”
Very well said and I completely agree with you—we have the momentum and the ruling class is being exposed more and more every single day. We can’t give up, especially now that they are backed into a corner. The game is ours to lose at this point but we must go in for the metaphorical kill. We need to increase our pressure here, and become more vocal.
Afterwards, yes, hyper localization with everything—especially medicine and food. Food because that “system” is extremely centralized and already at risk of collapsing. We must vote for people who fight for food and medical freedom.