[P2P-F] DIY - forking - setting up a government - as legal entity ?

[Michel Bauwens]

one of the 3 books by David de Ugarte, not sure which and you can search in
the wiki search box, has a detailed history of the failed attempts to create
virtual states,

Michel

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI All,
>
> I have a question :
>
> if we where to set up our own ( country / region / state ) government,
> according to some principles discussed on p2p foundation platforms,
> how would we do it ?
>
> In the country I come from, we often joke as we have so many governments on
> the same territory :
> federal, regional, linguistic, and transnational governments, in addition
> to local bodies of governance,
> and the financial system of control.
>
> So why not one more ?  A legal entity, with members, who through a
> mechanism yet to be determined, builds up "code" for its own governance ?
>
> A new legal entity potentially bringing more clarity to all the other ones
> ?
>
> Some "open, participatory, panocratic panarchy government" ?
>
> What would you suggest forking such kind of government on ? What code ?
> Existing laws ? If so, which ones ?
> And which ones would suit a p2p paradigm ?
>
> Would this also require a new constitution ? Would it be in phase with
> existing constitutions ?
>
> There are such kind of projects already,
> some artistic ( missing reference )
> others more serious diaspora attempts, such as regarding the expatriate
> tamil's from Sri Lanka :
>
> http://www.tgte-us.org/mission.html
>
>
>
>
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