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In reply to the discussion: Why not start direct democracy cities? [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)You are right, of course, that it would involve some money. But even the small, rump Occupy has brought millions of dollars to bear in the debt-cancellation project. Also, plenty of individuals have their own money to do stuff - build a house, etc.
But more importantly, I mentioned that founding a new city was just one idea. That really all you have to do is just meet with some number of people somewhere, vote on stuff, and publish the results of the vote. Use cheap bribes like free snacks to get random people to show up and vote on your resolutions, and slowly build up the assembly to something that has some social recognition. From there, then you can get politicians to start rhetorically showing respect to it. From there, rhetorical respect can evolve into political relevance, and relevance into actual influence and power.