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[โ€“] bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That social bond doesn't scale and it is why have had to invent government, police, schools, hospitals, etc. The guy's idea was right (imo), he just had the wrong scale.

[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Catalonia during the Spanish Civil war did a good job of demonstrating that smaller communities could federate and work together cooperatively without a centralized hierarchical government.

https://kolektiva.media/w/pKgGZtPdpr8MBeMxNTQjGJ?start=35m23s