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ana002: The Grid | Problems with Government
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Tim and Joe define the concept of the State, and illustrate how the State initiates force at each scale of the built environment. This is the second of three episodes in the Foundations Series.
The Scales Framework returns for the tragic second act.
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IntroHow do you shape the land to foster your ideal vision of societal organization? One of early America’s premier architects shaped the built environment for the ideal of democracy by drawing the lines of the Continental Grid.
But these lines weren’t drawn with a pen; they were drawn with an eraser.
DiscussionDefinition of a State
Initiation of Force
Consent and Legitimacy
The Violence Inherent in the System
The State or The Mafia?
Justifications for Government
Government Monopolies
Limits on government power
Realities of Democracy
Democracy as a tool for legitimacy
The Scales Framework goes to Washington
Would you initiate force in your house? Neighborhood? Canada?
House, Property and Neighborhood Scales
Outsourcing force to the state; Police as hired guns
Noise, social norms, ordinances, and zoning
Garden gnomes and the Virgin Mary in a Bathtub
Metropolis Scale
Taxes as aggression
Infrastructure, public schools, public transport
Does monopoly solve poverty?
Does voting solve monopoly?
Non-experts running services
A prerequisite for political office
Crowding out low cost private schools
Region Scale
Infrastructure as redistribution
Regulation and Standardization
Global Scale
International Standards and trade wars
Immigration
War and legitimacy
Problem solving in Detroit and Yemen
Aggression, radicalization, and blowback
The fundamental contradiction of government force
Conclusion
Links/ResourcesThe violence inherent in the system!
Speaking of Harrison Ford, he was clearly acting in self defense
“It’s not like the cops are going to crash your party and start waving their guns around…”
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