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Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You

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  • Aug, 2018
  • #Politicalphilosophy
Titus Gebel
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Imagine a system in which a private company offers you protection of life, liberty and property as a "government service provider". This service includes internal and external secur... Show More

Imagine a system in which a private company offers you protection of life, liberty and property as a "government service provider". This service includes internal and external security, a legal and regulatory framework and independent dispute resolution. You pay a contractually fixed fee for these services per year. The government service provider, as the operator of the community, cannot unilaterally change this "citizens' contract" with you later on. As a "contract citizen", you have a legal claim to compliance and a claim for damages in the event the provider does not perform. You take care of everything else by yourself, but you can also do whatever you want, limited only by the rights of others and some limited rules of living together. And you only take part if and as long as the offer appeals to you. Disputes between you and the government service provider are heard in independent arbitration courts, as is customary in international commercial law. If the operator ignores the arbitral awards or abuses his power in another way, his customers leave and he goes bankrupt. He therefore has an economic risk and therefore an incentive to treat his customers well and in accordance with the contract. This concept is called a Free Private City. The first part of this book deals with fundamental questions that every social order has to face. The concept of Free Private Cities described in the second part is derived from this; historical and current models are examined. The third part deals with concrete questions of implementation of Free Private Cities. Finally, the fourth part provides an outlook on future developments.

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Number of Pages: 310

ISBN: 1724391380

ISBN-13: 9781724391384

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Alena Satoshi @alenasatoshi ยท Jan 28, 2022
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This is more relevant than the Travel Rule (which will cease to be interesting once everyone trades p2p :) #FreePrivateCities is a practical concept for demonopolizing state force. Worth exploring. If you haven't read the book, this is a good starter.
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