A strong democracy depends upon strong individuals

"People can come together to form groups of 1000 or so people that govern themselves by the principles in this book. The purpose of these groups would be to achieve increased independence for their members. This increased independence empowers them to more effectively ignore or resist outside attacks on member rights. In many cases these groups could be formed out of existing churches, charities, and militias which aim to be democratic in their processes and achieve independence for their members.

As these Decentralized Autonomous Communities (DACs) multiply they can form a community of communities. The process can repeat until the world is composed of communities of communities of independent communities of independent people.

The ideas in this book are largely focused upon how a group of people can come together and reach a democratic consensus, but that doesn’t mean that there is nothing you can do on your own to increase your contribution to a truly democratic society. A strong democracy depends upon strong individuals. If asociety allows the individuals to get weak (due to leaning on social safety nets and other forms of dependence) then society will become weak and eventually collapse. With this in mind, each and every one of us has a responsibility to ensure that our families are as strong and independent as possible. Only strongly independent people can protect their rights and the rights of their neighbors. Only strongly independent people can hold a government in check and negotiate a fair peace treaty."

Author: Daniel Larimer

Source: https://moreequalanimals.com/assets/MoreEqualAnimals-1.15.2021.pdf