Migration > election
N-city system > two-party system
Exit > voice
Remote > commute
Rest of world > SF Bay Area
Decentralized > centralized
You don’t need to form a local political party to win elections in one city.

You need to form a global social network that can win over elected officials in N cities.
It’s not just about the sovereign individual, it’s about the sovereign collective.

The future is global, mobile social networks capable of collective bargaining with giant corporations and states alike.

A check on the power of both concentrated capital and political capitols.
Crowdfunding, mass migrations, & social media mobs are examples of collective voting with wallet, feet, and voice respectively.

Right now that’s all disorganized. But the next generation of unions organizes people directly, peer-to-peer, using virtual currency & virtual reality.
These are network unions, predecessors of network states.

Large groups of people organized online to advance their collective interests via a series of tactics, culminating in coordinated exit as customers or residents if an accord cannot be found.
If a corporation demonetizes you, unbanks you, deplatforms you, censors you, or otherwise harms you, the network union has your back.

If a politician doesn’t respect your group’s interests, the network union has your back too.

It’s about daily action, not occasional elections.
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