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THE TWO REALMS
Introduction
When thinking about the future of human society and the conflict between
strong states and strong individuals the possible outcomes we think
about tend
to be extremes. Either the states rule completely, or the individual
does.
state,
This article presents a third option - The Two Realms. One for the
the other for the individual.
strong
lead
The Stage
At opposite ends of the spectrum we have the strong state and the strong
individual. I use the word strong to emphasize the position taken. A
state has the objective to stay strong. That means it mainly follows any
to justify its power and control.
calling themselves anarchists of some kind. But there are others, such
as
radical religious groups, that do not accept the state as the sole
ruler.
One of those groups I would like to call libertarian. For the sake of
this
These are individuals not employed by the state and not opposing the
monopoly
of violence. Most of The people are just fine with the existence of
the
they
the
state, taxes, welfare, etc. They do not oppose the status quo. Certainly
have details to complain about, but they do not question the concept of
state itself.
For a large number of people the state really brings great advantages.
Just
imagine that 40% of all Germans get 50% or more of their income through
state
The people and the state build some kind of power exchange market formed
The people are subject to the state. The desire of the state to maintain
subjugation is the reason for the states desire for the monopoly of
violence.
There is no state without the people, but there are people without the
state.
Utopia
because they think that it is morally corrupt. The main reason for
opposition
is simply fear. Fear to leave the status quo without knowing how things
would
work out.
Many of the people are interested in experimenting with libertarian
concepts,
at least those people that are used to being self-responsible in the
market
place.
Some examples of potential libertarians are freelancers, consultants,
the self
this:
Can those three groups coexist on the same territory?
It is clear that the state and The people can co-exist as The people
are
few
essential for the existence of the state. But what happens if you add a
thousand strong individuals?
The standard answer is that the state will try to suppress these
individuals;
that the only way for the strong individual to live freely is to
separate from
the state and The people and to find territory that is not controlled by
a
monopolist of power.
The arguments for this conclusion are convincing: The state cannot
accept the
questioning of its authority or its monopoly on violence. Any
disobedience and
dissent is opposing the justification of the state and therefore a
threat to
its existence. Questioning endangers the states monopoly.
On the other hand the exercise of violence against political enemies is
a
danger to the state itself. We can see from history that oppression has
often
If the state is too harsh in its defense against strong individuals this
cause the agents of the state to threaten the states existence.
But this is not the only threat the state has to keep in mind. Its
merely the
most extreme.
able
and a
people
are ruled.
This will be public places, public transportation, public welfare,
public
health care, and the states justice system, including courts, police
and
are in
shops
This
is the realm of the strong individuals, which we will call The second
realm.
Both of these realms would have their own economic and monetary system
and
Just
think about those quarters that the police wont enter at night. What is
crucial for such a concept to succeed is that both realms try to stay
out of
separate
both
banking
money
meet,
no
coffee
this
kind.
and
they
is why
they focus mostly on wide spread The people technology like Short
Messaging
Service, telephone, client-server VoIP, standard email, web surfing and
so on.
When putting the picture together, we soon notice that these two realms
cannot
be completely separate. For a long while the second realm will be too
small to
still
physical
proxies, etc already exist. And such things existed before and have been
successfully used before by other underground movements that were much
more a
the
dont
want to wait that long. Waiting for a better world, a perfect place,
turns the
place into Utopia. Reality works by dreaming big dreams but building
with
bricks and mortar.
my
have a
are
Do not get me wrong, - I also have these big dreams. I look forward to
personal floating platform on the high seas. But today I would like to
glimpse of this Utopia in my real life. We have so many tools that we
already a power by ourselves.
believe
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