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    <p>I think you misunderstand the nature of anarchy that may be being
      posited. The absence of government does not preclude, or
      necessitate the presence of violence or danger. Indeed some of the
      oldest participatory communities in the world (certain Swiss
      cantons) and some of the newest (eg. Somaliland) incorporate
      decentralised models of participatory shared responsibilities and
      contract-based services - sweep/pave/protect the streets and you
      get paid n-amount of [monetary value], and if they fail, or are
      disintermediated by competitors and/or societal changes, then they
      are replaced or fired*. No one thinks twice about this with their
      tech; yet somehow civic particpation is seen as precious requiring
      an immutable/eternal power structure.</p>
    <p>Think outside the box and good things can be allowed to happen.</p>
    <p>Greets to all,<br>
      Lee</p>
    <p>* Sometimes known as "anarcho-capitalism"</p>
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                                                          face="Tunga,Sans-Serif">That
                                                          the American
                                                          public has
                                                          reached a
                                                          stage of
                                                          (de)evolution
                                                          to the point
                                                          where some
                                                          folks see
                                                          "guns" somehow
                                                          as
                                                          "liberatory"
                                                          and not see
                                                          that their
                                                          society (and
                                                          government)
                                                          has amassed
                                                          the largest
                                                          military in
                                                          history aided
                                                          and abetted by
                                                          the armaments
                                                          and security
                                                          complexes
                                                          (including
                                                          said gun
                                                          manufacturers),
                                                          once again
                                                          illustrates
                                                          the
                                                          contradictions
                                                          of
                                                          (communicative)
                                                          capitalism.  <br>
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                                                          face="Tunga,Sans-Serif">"Muskets
                                                          vs. Military
                                                          Style Assault
                                                          Rifles" or
                                                          "Guns vs.
                                                          Butter" are
                                                          questions of
                                                          and about
                                                          governance,
                                                          governmentality,
                                                          public policy
                                                          and yes, too,
                                                          at times
                                                          "market
                                                          failure"
                                                          (whether on
                                                          questions of
                                                          Pandemic,
                                                          Climate Change
                                                          or Digital
                                                          Divides). Such
                                                          are the myriad
                                                          ways in which
                                                          public choices
                                                          are also about
                                                          governance,
                                                          governmentality
                                                          and the
                                                          demos.  To
                                                          suggest that
                                                          anarchy is
                                                          only about
                                                          non-governance
                                                          strikes me as
                                                          a type of
                                                          magical
                                                          thinking
                                                          particularly
                                                          in a global
                                                          system of
                                                          nation-states,
                                                          firms,
                                                          communities
                                                          that have
                                                          elected or
                                                          appointed
                                                          governmentalities
                                                          and modes /
                                                          models of
                                                          governance.  A
                                                          co-operative,
                                                          credit union,
                                                          school board
                                                          or voluntary
                                                          fire fighters
                                                          team all have
                                                          employed modes
                                                          of governance,
                                                          just as larger
                                                          geographic
                                                          entities
                                                          have.  All can
                                                          potentially be
                                                          corrupt or
                                                          corrupted, but
                                                          to somehow
                                                          imagine that
                                                          the baby
                                                          should be
                                                          thrown out in
                                                          the name of
                                                          'anarchy'
                                                          seems to be a
                                                          problematic
                                                          reading from
                                                          the political
                                                          right or
                                                          libertarian
                                                          techies.  <br>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 21:32,
            grarpamp <<a href="mailto:grarpamp@gmail.com"
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              href="http://dgsociety.org/dgo-2021/call-for-proposals/"
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            > liberatory ideas<br>
            > government (or governance)<br>
            <br>
            These are mutually exclusive.<br>
            <br>
            > governance<br>
            > anarchic<br>
            <br>
            These are mututally exclusive.<br>
            <br>
            > Digital Government Research<br>
            > innovations in digital politics and government<br>
            <br>
            Permanent lifelong intergenerational databases<br>
            of all lives, transactions, words, thoughts, love,<br>
            DNA, surveillance, spying, lightswitch digital control<br>
            of the "misinformation" that is your mind and body,<br>
            censorship, rampant media bias, forced lockdown and<br>
            inoculation, license logon and permission required<br>
            for all daily activities including authenticating to<br>
            your toilet bowl for the morning piss, checkpointed<br>
            biometric embedded body tags, papers please travel,<br>
            encryption bans, firearm bans, 6G reporting in realtime,<br>
            facial gait voice analysis, web bugs, NSA, GovCorp in<br>
            everything you do, and much much more you despots<br>
            have yet to dream up, beyond all above which you've<br>
            already implemented.<br>
            <br>
            > models of governance<br>
            <br>
            All such in all symposiums on same on this so called
            "liberation"<br>
            list in recent years have all been, disgustingly, about how
            to keep<br>
            building further structures of enslavement over other
            harmless humans<br>
            who've done nothing to you, through forcing yourself and
            your will over<br>
            them, ultimately under threat of death. You are guilty.<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            So for remainder of this month, instead of titillating
            yourselves<br>
            over yet another such boring and wrong conference...<br>
            go search, read, and watch...<br>
            <br>
            Voluntaryism, Libertarian, peace love and Anarchism,<br>
            Taxation is Theft, War is Murder, Austrian Economics / Free
            Markets,<br>
            Bitcoin documentaries, Anarcho Capitalism, Non Aggression
            Principle,<br>
            Natural Law, etc... and yes, even...<br>
            > crypto-anarchism<br>
            <br>
            Anything but yet more forcing yourself over others via non<br>
            "liberatory ideas" scam of "democracy" and digital
            govern[ment|nance].<br>
            <br>
            Then come back and talk about what actions of ungovernance<br>
            need done towards reaching living in an actual state of
            liberation.<br>
            <br>
            Because what's being talked 100:1 on this list has<br>
            absolutely not been actual liberation, nor even tech,<br>
            but more politically entrenched systems of GovCorp<br>
            power and control.<br>
            <br>
            That's very bad.<br>
            For you.<br>
            And your children.<br>
            And you know it.<br>
            <br>
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