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Reminds me of the "phyles" in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. Figuring out how the social contract can reasonably diverge among people residing in the same p
by wrs 16y ago
Reminds me of the "phyles" in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. Figuring out how the social contract can reasonably diverge among people residing in the same physical and economic space seems like a hard problem. It isn't obvious that health care qualifies.
- mmelin 16y agoI haven't read The Diamond Age, but this sounds like the beginnings of the franchise states in Snow Crash.
- Gormo 16y agoAnother interesting fictional example is the factions of Sigil in the D&D Planescape setting. But there are plenty of real examples to draw on, such as Belgium's separate territorial and community governments.