[grania]

I agree with SL that a society without government can't function. What we would benefit from collapsing is global and large national governments that can wage massive wars beyond defense and can't represent the will of the people. People have to have at least some shared interest their government is based on. Diversity is fine, but different views can't be imposed on others. The government should provide safety, economic structure, necessary services and freedom of personal choice.

The New England town meeting of old was a very effective model for governing. Towns could band together to protect themselves from a common goal. Town meetings were the source of decision-making for the good of its inhabitants.

There just can't be any real freedom in the global and national messes that are running things now. They're removed from those they supposedly govern, and their only interest is contolling populations for their gains....financial and otherwise.

[RipSawyer]

“Towns could band together to protect themselves from a common goal.”
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I don’t have a clue as to why they would want to protect themselves from a common goal.