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The most interesting development in that respect, IMO, is the shift towards groups of municipalities. When Trump decided to get out of the Paris Agreement, C200
by Iv 9y ago
The most interesting development in that respect, IMO, is the shift towards groups of municipalities. When Trump decided to get out of the Paris Agreement, C200, a group of 200 of the biggest cities in the world coordinating climate actions, took the relay and the US cities in it decided to disregard the state's position.
Fearless cities, http://fearlesscities.com/ http://fearlesscities.com/ is another one, more centered on Europe on the so-called "crisis" of refugees, opting for an approach putting human rights, rather than fear, in the center of their decisions.
I predict that these federations will take over nation states first on issues that states are simply abandoning: environment and human rights issues. Maybe they will slowly grab part of state-level missions.
- zanny 9y agoCity states would be wonderful. It even gives people the choice - a lot of people want to live in rural communities that are, in general, the ones holding back progressive agendas. Let the cities do their liberal thing independently of rural towns doing their conservative thing. As long as you have a mutual agreement to keep the borders open going in to the arrangement, people can go where their interests are best served.
- bane 9y agoThere's some modern precedent for operating large cities differently than the major territories in which they sit. For example, China runs its larger cities at the national level, while the provincial governments handle the rest of the territories at a local level.
- Iv 9y agoAlso a lot of European cities used to elect their leaders even under feudal systems.