• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      How is a bottom up democracy with federal features not a government? All governments have borders, unless you’re suggesting* a global system

      Edit all governments with borders are effectively nation states.

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        A government is imo not bottom-up by my definition. There is no formal “citizens of Rojava” , they are just members of their communes. There is no federal police force.

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          Just looked that up. It’s absolutely suffering from the things I mentioned, including military conflict with their neighbors.

          It’s a place with borders, that hopes to set internal law , and maintain itself. That’s a nation state. It is defined as a “federated semi direct democracy” and has a legislature “Syrian democratic council”

          That’s a new, embattled nation