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That's the most appealing part for me. (Whether the community is in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Singapore, Monaco, or Panama, that social capital among ethically like-minded individuals will fertilize liberty's growth.)

Are topic posts recoverable? I've been updating a post with community suggestions since July, but recently the topic itself no longer appears: https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/40952-capital-theory-20-work-in-progress/ Maybe I broke something with too many edits? It's not so bad if it turns out that it can't be recovered (I can just start again from the remaining posts), it would just save some time. Update: It's fixed now!

I now know about Pascal's Wager: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager

From the demesnes/estates held by individuals and families (such as winter cabins, beach houses, and family farms) as well as the collective property of companies (factories, retail outlets, etc.) which form enclaves/exclaves for all their holdings, I imagine a map so segmented as to resemble a complicated rendering of multicolored stippling representing private ownership of every part of the world; then, layered atop this map, a projection indicating DRO/community/company coverage (insurance, utilities, dispute resolution, etc.). To complicate things further, a map showing who owned what would likely change frequently (not a bad thing per se). (Border-gore example: http://hillfighter.deviantart.com/art/Holy-Roman-Empire-156783662) As to how they work internally, the possibilities are near-infinite!

Relevant topic: https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/42688-panarchism/

Relevant topic: https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/42688-panarchism/

Thanks for posting, I didn't know this kind of thing had a name yet. I can see how there could be businesses or individual/family estates conducted in this manner. I posted the following in another thread: http://image.cdn.ispot.tv/ad/72hX/verizon-lg-g2-reality-check-large-9.jpg Would you say this matches Panarchism? The other threads: https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/42560-conquering-anarchist-countries/ https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/42672-new-hampshires-free-state-project/ Elements of Panarchism remind me of feudalism (mainly the border-goring of the map); and the private ownership of everything would be preferable, no? As for what government would allow this to happen within their borders... can they stop it from happening? Or, how many bankrupt countries would be willing to sell land (releasing control/sovereignty/title over it completely) to maintain some of their power; this has happened before, no?

That makes sense, like trying to join the KKK and turn it into the NAACP... (by trying to control the state with a state.) Would it work if they gave up trying to influence any state in particular toward libertarianism, and instead be prepared to periodically migrate to wherever is already (comparatively) the freest (while practicing peaceful parenting, etc.) like liberty gypsies or something? (maybe an even less attractive option?) That way states will need to compete... for... (already second-guessing...) immigrants? I dunno, if a liberty-minded, peaceful parenting, and prosperous local community is in demand, then maybe there is a market solution here: an industry dedicated to purchasing land completely from a state (no government fealty whatsoever), selling the parcels (also in their entirety), and servicing/sub-contracting to the community there a la carte?

Oh, well there ya go... (that's a shame...) Could this project work somewhere else I wonder, or is the method itself flawed?

That's right; it was a response to EndTheUsurpation when compared with Wyoming. From what I could gather in the video, they put a lot of thought into the choice (geography is destiny?), and it's paying dividends for them now. The part about the state's size really stood out to me as well, since when you look around the globe, those small states that lack the capacity and/or the bad character to domineer the citizens living therein prove more prosperous; even if it's not a stateless society, these places like New Hampshire will, I imagine, have the means to withstand government collapse and start with a substantial economic advantage.

But New Hampshire isn't landlocked?

Thank you, but I didn't come up with it. (In this thread that would be GRosado.) That could very well be the case, and I've seen some descriptions of Human Capital including what's listed here as the last four archetypes. AustinJames had a similar confusion about the difference between Societal and Cultural Capital; though I did try to present an example of their distinction from one another, if it turns out to be false/unhelpful, it wouldn't be so bad to do away with a direct analog to the seven-hued color wheel. Though I disagree with creating another category for Coercive or Political Capital, I think I see a good point in your suggestion in that each capital archetype can be used in a moral (+), immoral (-), or amoral (@) manner, for example: [] [/Red] : (+) Nursing (-) Murder (@) Birth [] [/Orange] : (+) Trade (-) Fraud (@) Numismatics [] [/Yellow] : (+) Emancipation (-) Slavery (@) Innovation [] [/Green] : (+) Mediation (-) Calumny (@) Networking [] [/blue] : (+) Verisimilitude (-) Gas-Lighting (@) Presentation [] [/indigo] : (+) Forewarning (-) Espionage (@) Education [] [/Violet] : (+) Parenting (-) Sophistry (@) Ambition

I hope I'm not too far off the mark here, but it sounds like you started a game of Jumanji... So, we recognize that it is a game, a fiction, but now the game will play on even if you don't, and to your peril do you decide to refuse to play. ("In the jungle you must wait, 'til the dice read five or eight.") Similar to the magic circles of divorce courts, it's easier to recommend avoiding the institutions altogether than recommending what to do once you've passed that threshold.

I recently read an article comparing contemporary environmental-disaster movies like "Noah", "2012", etc. to the first commandment on the Georgia Guide Stones whereupon it states, "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature." (and that the "cult of Gaia"/environmentalism has the same dark conclusion... ) Another way to refer to it is as a restoration of Catholic guilt...

If only we had a mirror large enough...

I suppose you could also look at it this way: By paying for education, you've turned something of very-little-to-no value into skills that increase your own value; likewise, if you use fiat currencies to purchase gold/silver/bitcoins/other businesses/means of production/real estate/etc., you'll have value stored (to an extent) outside of the fiat system. (Do as the rich do, no?)

A relevant series about currency/money/economic systems:

I imagine it would look more like coverage maps within state borders, until their eventual abolishment: http://image.cdn.ispot.tv/ad/72hX/verizon-lg-g2-reality-check-large-9.jpg

I'm glad you pointed this out, because I feel I can add the following: There is something called the McGurk Effect whereby contradicting sensory input between our visual and auditory senses will result in deference to the eye: (Maybe this is because light is faster than sound and therefore a higher priority for survival should one need to act fast?) Compound this with the emotional influences of rhythm and pitch (as sometimes exaggerated in cinema with music to express how the audience should feel where a logical explanation would most likely reveal the cognitive dissonance/contradiction of the message being communicated visually), and Obama's speech can more easily bypass the conscious mind. Color psychology (and costume) comes into play as well, as certain combinations can increase your chances of success in a specific endeavor. (If I remember correctly, blue, especially a deep blue/indigo, is supposed to be a great color for giving and receiving information.)

I think I agree? It's a kind of pattern recognition, no? I remember a line from Up In the Air where George Clooney moves to an airport checkpoint line with Asians and says it's because they are more efficient (and therefore the line will move faster). I know I do agree, however, about not making people feel bad for the way their mind works.

Relevant video: I found the distinction between prejudice and discrimination (made at 3:10) noteworthy, and perhaps an indicator of one's intelligence and ability to use empirical evidence to prove or disprove the hypothesis presented by the automatic-mind (if time permits etc.).

When I read the topic title, I thought you were referring to knowing your history, as in one's family history/tree/origins, and whether that was important.

I can help the endeavor through sound design.

Likewise, don't deposit large sums or you'll be red-flagged by the banks and IRS...

I would then argue (though it is admittedly a bit of a stretch) that previous anarchist societies did last and do thrive into today in the form of the elite memberships currently controlling the mechanisms of statecraft; they by no means embody the ethos of philosophical examination (otherwise they wouldn't be using governments like exclusive access ladder-hatches), but unto themselves they confer sovereignty (if predominately along the lines of jus sanguinis). (I'm reminded of the Charlie Chaplin quote at the end of The Great Dictator where he states that they free themselves by enslaving the world.)