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Strategy/Organization/Ideas / New State Secession Movements

« on: November 10, 2016, 03:44:56 AM »

Well, the surprising Trump candidacy and victory has inspired many people to take seriously the idea of California state secession!  Not the most ideal circumstances for people to arrive at the idea, but I'll take it!

http://www.yescalifornia.org

(I posted this in the California child board too.)

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California / California Secession

« on: November 10, 2016, 03:38:06 AM »

Well, the surprising Trump victory has inspired many people to take seriously the idea of California state secession!  Not the most ideal circumstances for people to arrive at the idea, but I'll take it!

http://www.yescalifornia.org

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Strategy/Organization/Ideas / Campaign messages

« on: June 13, 2016, 02:30:11 AM »

Whether or not people are ready for actual dissolution of the federal government, I believe this message/platform needs to be heard and considered by everyone (even if they laugh at first).  National elections are (unfortunately) one of the few contexts in which people consider their political views in a slightly more critical way, so it also makes sense to communicate this platform as a candidate.

But I think people will not be ready to seriously consider this platform until they can see a somewhat continuous path into a post-USA world, where many steps are already being taken outside of the federal government to make it irrelevant and obsolete, to take over at least some of its functions.  And some voluntarist institutions could be preparing for the day to take over certain functions, even if they cannot perform them while the federal government still exists.

I think the campaign and platform should emphasize strategies for dissolving government from the outside in this manner as we prepare for the day when we can have a critical mass of people ready to instigate a dissolution from the inside (supposing the federal government lasts that long, which I think is likely since it is such a juggernaut).

And I think one of the best ways to show people this can work is to do it at smaller levels of government -- the smallest levels, in fact.  Even starting within our personal lives, by taking responsibility for things that governments (or other illegitimate authorities in our lives) would otherwise handle for us.

If we are truly successful in spreading this message, the dissolution may be more likely to initiate from the ground up, with lower-level governments dissolving by their uselessness / counter-productiveness / coercion becoming more evident, and then the higher-level governments no longer having the lower-level governments to operate as intermediaries.  As institutions are developed to truly protect people from coercion and fraud at a more local level, they may become trusted and powerful enough to start protecting people from the more distant criminals (politicians).  Then people will be ready to dissolve the federal government.

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Strategy/Organization/Ideas / Transparty coalition

« on: June 13, 2016, 01:40:58 AM »

Idea: Multiple people run on this same platform in as many parties as possible, perhaps all in a "Voluntarist coalition".

Each person should have an affinity and sympathy with their chosen party, and would try to use the language and priorities of their chosen party's base to communicate the ideas of freedom and respect in a way they can more easily relate to.  Essentially, in the language of Marshall Rosenberg's "nonviolent communication", each would focus mainly on the fundamental human needs that stand out most strongly in each party (as well as focusing on the party's favorite issues).  These people could also do events together, trying to show the common ground between the parties.

If I were to run, which is unlikely, perhaps I could run in the Democratic party.