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Sounds like a recipe for white flight. Switzerland was also among the last industrialized nations to allow women the vote (1970!). Provincialism is not a panace
by klenwell 15y ago
Sounds like a recipe for white flight. Switzerland was also among the last industrialized nations to allow women the vote (1970!). Provincialism is not a panacea and government isn't the only place where power can be concentrated.
On the other hand, my idealistic version of political reform is so far from reality, I won't even bother you with it here.
- stretchwithme 15y agoGovernment isn't the only place power can be concentrated to be sure. But it is the only place where power is concentrated using coercion. Everywhere else, some value must be delivered in exchange and there are competing choices. For example, the media has a lot of power but also a lot of competition. And the more technology and choice we have in general creates even more competition. Your version of reform may not be reality, but nothing is until discussed.
- stretchwithme 15y agoWhat makes you think that other groups wouldn't be the first to fly? I mean, think about it: Would you secede from a city that used your own tax dollars to humiliate you on buses and at water fountains and lunch counters? And then beat you in the head when you object?