Furthermore, if secession were so bad, why is it so popular around the globe and supported by our own country? The original 13 colonies seceded from the British Empire by fighting a revolution… The United States aided the Panamanians in their fight for self determination against Clumbia… I could go on and on… and on….

For Texas!
-C. W. Streeper

There is little, if any, coherent social fabric to bind the groups into any viable system. We often hear of how the USSR changed into various nations, but it appears that the nations had a least some semblance of cultural cohesion. Not so in the USA.

Thus, there seems little light at the end of the USA tunnel. We simply don’t have what it takes to bond together into a “Frona” or in any other meaningful political enterprise. Nice idea, but rioting seems the preferred outlet for discontent in this mixed-up society.

As you may know, I tend to think in principles and figure that the details will take care of themselves. The fundamental problem is forcing individuals to pay for what they don’t want to. Personally, I just don’t see this as much of a problem in the sort of society you imagine.

Mainly, such a society figures to have huge production and a highly rational populace. I’d say the presumption has to be that such rational, productive folk will have no problem both figuring out what are legitimate common functions–which all basically reduce to defense against initiatory force–and paying for them. I mean, look at how much we spend individually NOW for arms and such; imagine that collectivized voluntarily to defend a peaceable and rational society. The cup will runneth over, I’m sure.

As far as roads, sewer systems, power and all that, I just don’t give a hoot. Or I’ll put it this way—if I do give a hoot, I’ll pay. I figure a free society won’t be full of moochers and the value of living in such a free society will be judged so high, that it won’t be necessary to force the participants to do pretty much anything. In a nutshell, I think it’s obvious that they’ll WANT to do what’s right.

But then, I’m regularly charged as an idealist. I suppose any community has its share of a-holes; I just don’t think a society should be organized around them.

Any attempt to raise taxes would be fought vehemently since it disenfranchises poor people, though I’m sure numerous organizations would exist to distribute funds to help poor people pay, helping them participate, which assistance would not be illegal(though it’d be impossible for the helpers to determine if they wanted to vote or decided that X money in their pockets is better).

This also falls in with the corporate idea, since only paying shareholders would vote.

Would people who refuse this corporation’s authority be allowed to set up their own and use it for government instead? That gets in with the non-territorial canton idea I’ve heard before.