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minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·23 hours agoHow is that different from a state, aside from the decentralization of power? What would prevent centralization of power?
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago aside from the decentralization of power? That’s the whole point. If your state concept is broad enough to entail any organization of a certain size, be my gast in a council republic
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours ago If your state concept is broad enough to entail any organization of a certain size, be my gast in a council republic It’s somewhere along the lines of “any organization that handles the administrative work and protection for a given territory”. And I don’t think that’s all that broad of a definition, and it includes your world wide net of councils as a state. Importantly, you didn’t answer the second question: What would prevent centralization of power?
How is that different from a state, aside from the decentralization of power?
What would prevent centralization of power?
That’s the whole point. If your state concept is broad enough to entail any organization of a certain size, be my gast in a council republic
It’s somewhere along the lines of “any organization that handles the administrative work and protection for a given territory”.
And I don’t think that’s all that broad of a definition, and it includes your world wide net of councils as a state.
Importantly, you didn’t answer the second question: