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,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@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;">HI All,<div><br></div><div>I have a question :</div><div><br></div><div>if we where to set up our own ( country / region / state ) government,</div>
<div>according to some principles discussed on p2p foundation platforms,</div>
<div>how would we do it ?</div><div><br></div><div>In the country I come from, we often joke as we have so many governments on the same territory :</div><div>federal, regional, linguistic, and transnational governments, in addition to local bodies of governance,�</div>
<div>and the financial system of control.</div><div><br></div><div>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 ?</div>
<div><br></div><div>A new legal entity potentially�bringing more clarity to all the other ones ?</div><div><br></div><div>Some "open, participatory, panocratic panarchy government" ?</div><div><br></div><div>What would you suggest forking such kind of government on ? What code ? Existing laws ? If so, which ones ?</div>
<div>And which ones would suit a p2p paradigm ?</div><div><br></div><div>Would this also require a new constitution ? Would it be in phase with existing constitutions ?</div><div><br></div><div>There are such kind of projects already,</div>
<div>some artistic ( missing reference )</div><div>others more serious diaspora attempts, such as regarding the expatriate tamil's from Sri Lanka :</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tgte-us.org/mission.html" target="_blank">http://www.tgte-us.org/mission.html</a></div>
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