Dante,<br><br>don't know much about it, but you may want to check bahai economics and the 'house of justice' concept,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agnucius@gmail.com">agnucius@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">Dante-Gabryell Monson wrote:<br>
> It seems that governments are legal entities, similar to corporations.<br>
<br>
</div>I think it is worth noting: many cities are actually 'incorporated'<br>
�- though I'm not sure how that changes their operation.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> hence it may be worth to check the constitutionality of setting up<br>
> another government,<br>
<br>
</div>I think this is very doable if we begin on a very small scale.<br>
<br>
When I think of such things, it helps me keep clarity by realizing<br>
government and corporation originally serve the same purpose -<br>
to help people co-own some shared assets.<br>
<br>
So we can begin a government body by simply starting a business,<br>
and the co-owners of that business will be the citizens.<br>
<br>
Notice you can ADD laws to your new government/corporation.<br>
For example, you could say "you cannot enter unless you are<br>
wearing a purple hat".<br>
<br>
But you cannot DELETE laws from the 'containing' government<br>
if the city, county, state or nation you are within forbids such<br>
activity. � For example, you cannot say "you can gamble here"<br>
if that is illegal wherever your gov-corp is located.<br>
<br>
On the other hand, once your gov-corp reaches sufficient size,<br>
you will be able to become an influence on 'peer' governments<br>
and finally be able to CHANGE laws. �For example, when you<br>
are large enough to declare yourself a city, you can then begin<br>
voting in county and maybe state affairs using the procedures<br>
those entities have setup.<br>
<br>
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