Cypherpunks, crypto evangelists, ecovillages, Lord Richard Stallman, pirates, etc. All of these movements are pretty closely related - meant to be a parallel s

Cypherpunks, crypto evangelists, ecovillages, Lord Richard Stallman, pirates, etc. All of these movements are pretty closely related - meant to be a parallel structure to the hypercommoditized mainstream. They also have major problems, which I'm sure are mostly self-evident by now. If anyone's wondering what's wrong with ecovillages: they tend to be run by nutjobs who want to play emperor. They almost always devolve into Lord of the Flies style internal politics. It's a metaphor for every other populist movement like it. So, coming up with a viable alternative will be very hard. I think it's worth pursuing though.