• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    8 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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      8 months ago

      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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        8 months ago

        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