Patchwork city states ? With State capacity decline and movement of decentralization how probable is it that we see something like sov corp city states emerging ? First through corporations providing private security (I think this is already the case in Brazil to some extent) eve... posted 3w ago with 6 replies (collapse hidden) retry 8 8 accelerationism sovereignty technology Patchwork city state (view hidden) retry 8 8 That is all fair but don't centralized declining empires eventually turn into decentralized declining ones ? I fail to see how States can maintain current levels of penetration and extension of power given demographic trends, state expenditures, debt to GD... 3w ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6 That is all fair but (view hidden) retry 6 6
