{"id":52721,"date":"2020-04-23T09:29:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52721"},"modified":"2020-04-23T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:29:12","slug":"the-future-must-be-decentralized-and-localized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52721","title":{"rendered":"The Future Must Be Decentralized and Localized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2020\/04\/20\/the-future-must-be-decentralized-and-localized\/\">The Future Must Be Decentralized and Localized<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-20-at-12.19.29-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64234\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We find ourselves at a moment where the financial and political systems that have dominated for decades are failing in a spectacular and irredeemable fashion. Those who pull the levers are (as usual) attempting to take advantage of the situation by rapaciously snatching and consolidating more wealth and power, while leaving the general public to rot. When faced with such a historic moment, one should assume a certain degree of responsibility to make sure the next paradigm ends up better than the one we\u2019re leaving. If we fail to think deeply about an improved vision and framework for the future, someone else will do it for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From my perspective, humanity remains stuck within antiquated paradigms that generally function via predatory and authoritarian structures. We\u2019ve been taught \u2014 and have largely accepted \u2014 that the really important decisions must be handled in a centralized manner by small groups of technocrats and oligarchs. As a result, we basically live within feudal constructs cleverly surrounded by entrenched myths of democracy and self-government. We\u2019d prefer to be lazy rather than take any responsibility for the state of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyBlitz\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyBlitz\"><strong>Michael Krieger<\/strong>@LibertyBlitz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertyBlitz\/status\/1252273277310865408\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Empires are not democratic.<br>The U.S. is an empire.<br>The idea the U.S. is a democracy is a myth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LlCvzbgzbL\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJBowden1\/status\/1252272922070183937\u00a0\u2026<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJBowden1\/status\/1252272922070183937\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>C.J. Bowden<\/strong>@CJBowden1&#8243;Intervene globally&#8230;lose freedom locally.&#8221;<br><br>&#8211; Robert Higgs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re now at a point where simply recognizing current structures as predatory and authoritarian isn\u2019t good enough. We require a distinct and superior political philosophy that can appeal to others likewise extremely dissatisfied with the status quo. My belief is humanity\u2019s next paradigm should swing heavily in the direction of decentralization and localism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future Must Be Decentralized and Localized We find ourselves at a moment where the financial and political systems that have dominated for decades are failing in a spectacular and irredeemable fashion. Those who pull the levers are (as usual) attempting to take advantage of the situation by rapaciously snatching and consolidating more wealth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[1670,341,490],"class_list":["post-52721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","category-survival-2","tag-centralization","tag-future","tag-localization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52722,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52721\/revisions\/52722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}