[P2P-F] feasible - legally - to set up an alternative government body in Wisconsin ?

[Michel Bauwens]

Dante,

don't know much about it, but you may want to check bahai economics and the
'house of justice' concept,

Michel

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dante-Gabryell Monson wrote:
> > It seems that governments are legal entities, similar to corporations.
>
> I think it is worth noting: many cities are actually 'incorporated'
>  - though I'm not sure how that changes their operation.
>
>
> > hence it may be worth to check the constitutionality of setting up
> > another government,
>
> I think this is very doable if we begin on a very small scale.
>
> When I think of such things, it helps me keep clarity by realizing
> government and corporation originally serve the same purpose -
> to help people co-own some shared assets.
>
> So we can begin a government body by simply starting a business,
> and the co-owners of that business will be the citizens.
>
> Notice you can ADD laws to your new government/corporation.
> For example, you could say "you cannot enter unless you are
> wearing a purple hat".
>
> But you cannot DELETE laws from the 'containing' government
> if the city, county, state or nation you are within forbids such
> activity.   For example, you cannot say "you can gamble here"
> if that is illegal wherever your gov-corp is located.
>
> On the other hand, once your gov-corp reaches sufficient size,
> you will be able to become an influence on 'peer' governments
> and finally be able to CHANGE laws.  For example, when you
> are large enough to declare yourself a city, you can then begin
> voting in county and maybe state affairs using the procedures
> those entities have setup.
>
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