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Terra: While I'm super in favor of and have worked to build strong, locally-based sustainable economies, we can't build everything locally. (cars/trains, for example.) So perhaps use the phrase "encouraging decentralization, where it makes sense to build strong local economies"? | |||
Terra: At some point, I'd like to be able to tie "national defense to strong local economies". In other words, when the American Revolutionaries went to fight the Revolutionary war, they were able to do so, because they owned enough weapons and other resources, locally...strong local economies, in the hands of individual private citizens. As everythign gets federalized under the control of the 1%...it's privatized, but not for the individual. | |||
Brian: Hi Terra, I like your point on tying defense to strong local economies. Some talk about 'Economic Civil Defense' Preparing for economic disaster on a local or regional level. | |||
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Terra: While I'm super in favor of and have worked to build strong, locally-based sustainable economies, we can't build everything locally. (cars/trains, for example.) So perhaps use the phrase "encouraging decentralization, where it makes sense to build strong local economies"?
Terra: At some point, I'd like to be able to tie "national defense to strong local economies". In other words, when the American Revolutionaries went to fight the Revolutionary war, they were able to do so, because they owned enough weapons and other resources, locally...strong local economies, in the hands of individual private citizens. As everythign gets federalized under the control of the 1%...it's privatized, but not for the individual.
Brian: Hi Terra, I like your point on tying defense to strong local economies. Some talk about 'Economic Civil Defense' Preparing for economic disaster on a local or regional level.