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Olivier Roland's avatar

Very interesting article. I've just started a Substack on the disruption of nation-states by the Internet, and I also talk about how states will react by trying to control their population.

However, I have a slightly different point of view: I think that, in the long term, and despite a few victories here and there, the Internet, nomadism and globalization will strongly disrupt nation-states, and diminish their power.

(I say it's a different point of view because the impression I got from your article is that you're rather pessimistic about the power that nation-states will have over individuals in the long term... but maybe I'm wrong !).

You can see here an article in which I analyze whether it would be feasible, for example, for states other than the USA to set up taxation on nationality, which would be a strong means of control for them: https://disruptives-horizons.com/p/can-other-countries-introduce-taxation

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Ivan Sar's avatar

Se que dijiste que no querías sonar muy doomer pero:

La concha de mi hermana.

Yo quedé bastante cagado con lo que pasó en ¿Canadá? con las huelgas de camioneros había sido? Bueno, se ve que no quedé tan cagado porque no recuerdo con exactitud, pero me parece vos habías mencionado sobre cómo estaban los bancos negándole acceso a los fondos a gente que le compraba comida e insumos a huelguistas.

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