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hi, i'm a new member and i'd like more info on getting involved in micronational affairs. a year ago i constructed a theoretical government, and now i'm...
Junius49
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Jan 1, 2001
9:52 pm
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Junius,<br><br>Best advice:<br><br>1) Don't begin by contacting a dozen nations, offering them to establish diplomatic relations. Start by finding one or two ...
ravn160465
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Jan 1, 2001
11:58 pm
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I just read a fantastic book that involved micronations.<br>Snow Crash, by neil stephensen<br>the setting is maybe a few yrs in the future, except the govt...
vroman18
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Jan 5, 2001
5:55 am
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Actually, a number of science-fiction novels have dealt with micronational or anarchist (anarchism not really being within the purview of micronationalism, ...
ravn160465
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Jan 5, 2001
9:44 am
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I would also recommend one more short story:<br><br>* Poul Anderson: "No Truce With Kings"....
Sogoln
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Jan 5, 2001
5:41 pm
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Greetings,<br>I am new to this club, may I ask a question? Is this club a place for Micronations to discuss things like Micronations.org, or is it a place for ...
ima_noir
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Jan 13, 2001
12:11 pm
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Welcome to the club, Count Norwood.<br><br>As I understand it, micronations.org is a place for micronationalists to meet - it is not, regardless of the ...
ravn160465
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Jan 15, 2001
12:02 am
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Here's an idea. A world government, but an extremely limited world governent. Its responsibility is to make sure there are no large governments. There would be...
kmottar
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Jan 15, 2001
5:44 am
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Problem I can see with it is that over time the world government might end up gaining power, if it does then we are doomed.<br><br>If you can find a way to ...
bestonnet_00
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Jan 15, 2001
5:51 am
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I suppose we could model it after the united State of America which had the Articles of Confederation. Federalists called for the Constitution which gave the...
kmottar
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Jan 15, 2001
8:30 am
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Kraig, <br>Let me just ask: if your proposed minimalist world government were modelled on the American articles of confederation, is there any reason to assume...
ravn160465
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Jan 15, 2001
9:15 am
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I'm afraid I aggree, there is very little that can force a micronation to join the government, and also some people like to live in big micronations. Some...
ima_noir
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Jan 15, 2001
4:26 pm
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Yes, it is modeled on the American articles of Confederation as I pointed out. Why would you be worried about the American Civil War? The American civil war...
kmottar
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Jan 15, 2001
8:11 pm
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Kraig, <br><br>On the contrary, I did understand you - I just happen believe that you are in error, albeit with the highest of motives.<br><br>It is my ...
ravn160465
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Jan 16, 2001
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What do you think I am in error about?<br>Oh, its not neccesarilly an "error" you're talking<br>about, but you think I'm naive. I'll admit, you may have a ...
kmottar
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Jan 17, 2001
12:39 am
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Problem is that overtime it is likely to get more power.<br><br>The world gov would probably ask for more power so that they can enforce the size limit, they...
bestonnet_00
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Jan 17, 2001
4:17 am
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Given enough time the world government will corrupt, you wont keep the world free forever with that system, the only way is a method that is impossible to...
bestonnet_00
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Jan 17, 2001
4:26 am
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Make it so the weak central governt only gets a certain amount of power. This central government would have no military. Though, the individual states would. ...
kmottar
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Jan 17, 2001
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ravn160465
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Jan 17, 2001
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They would eventually get permanent military forces, it might take a few hundread years but it will happen....
bestonnet_00
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Jan 18, 2001
6:08 am
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The United Democracies Egroups will be a forum to discuss the possibilities of uniting democratic micronations. The vision is to combine as many stable and ...
thedemodictum
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Jan 19, 2001
7:01 pm
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I've NEVER argued for centralized power.<br>I'm for power starting at the bottom. In other words, a village will have the most power. If what you say is all ...
kmottar
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Jan 19, 2001
7:22 pm
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I sense irrational paranoia.<br>I was saying to define the roles of the central authority.Make the smaller parts so powerful and the center so weak that the ...
kmottar
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Jan 19, 2001
7:26 pm
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Thats what they did with the US a couple of hundread years ago.<br><br>Did the centre go out of its boundaries?<br><br>Back then no, now it sure has....
bestonnet_00
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Jan 20, 2001
4:01 am
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I think it did go out of bounds.<br>We had the articles of confederation, the united States was a loose confederation. The antifederalists liked this...
kmottar
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Jan 20, 2001
8:29 am
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there are two parts to this argument that no one seems to have mentioned yet.<br>1. Would'nt a World Government with no central power be more trouble than it's...
ima_noir
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Jan 20, 2001
6:11 pm
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I guess I'm not arguing for world government, but a close aliance between nations and an infrastructure for that alliance.<br>Peace,<br>Kraig...
kmottar
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Jan 20, 2001
7:43 pm
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Kraig, your propositions contradict each other.<br><br>On the one hand, you say:<br>"Let's create a world government to make certain that no individual nation...
ravn160465
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Jan 20, 2001
8:17 pm
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terrible idea.<br>its impossible for anyone to accurately represent anyone else. thus the more centralized the govt, the less effectively representative it is....
vroman18
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Jan 21, 2001
4:33 am
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I just noticed you actually said "How are you going to get all of the micronational world to join it?"<br><br>I'm just wondering, who said anyone was trying to...
kmottar
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Jan 21, 2001
5:52 am
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