New Cascadia / independence forum up
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Thursday November 18, 2004 21:18
by adili - The Cascadia Project
admin at reemergence dot org
Seattle, WA; USA
The overarching idea is to discuss and collectively develop new systems of governance which might be suitable for the quantifiable but as-yet undeclared state of Cascadia without limiting the discussion only to Cascadians.
I've established a new website at http://reemergence.org/ to serve as a forum for discussion of the cultural, political, and economic future of Cascadia. It is a daily work in progress, with additions being made to the site as visitors suggest links, submit files, and ask for improvements to site navigation.
The forum format is phpBB: an open-source system which offers an easy interface with many features to facilitate discussion. Short-form commentary makes the pace less monolithic than email lists and allows people to participate with a greater sense of 'real-time' involvement. Hit me up in the forum if you'd like 'how-to' suggestions.
The overarching idea is to discuss and collectively develop new systems of governance which might be suitable for the quantifiable but as-yet undeclared state of Cascadia without limiting the discussion only to Cascadians. Independence-minded people in the UK, the Northeast, Alaska, and Canada will surely weigh in with valued observations.
As we suggested on the website "it can not be denied that a pre-Enlightenment adaptation of a classical system of governance currently in the hands of barely post-Victorian supply-side economists is likely to have wavered from the course set by its framers." Why do so many political discussions begin with the failed governments of failed empires? Haven't we learned anything from 3000 years of failure or partial success?
We'll assimilate what's known with what's desired and -with your help- produce a model of 21st century governance for Cascadia or anywhere a people find themselves with an opportunity to realign their collective destiny.
Comments (1 of 1)
Jump To Comment: 1so it's not new. You used to post on Seatle since it's just down the road from the Cascadia homeland, which as far as I can understand would be the mountains from northern Washington state through British Columbia to Alaska, taking in the section of wilderness which boasts the most inbred paranoid gun toting veterans of the vietnam war in the western world with the added benefit of boasting no less than twelve secret black project weapon research facilities and most of the early warning missile systems targetting the former soviet union and at least one extra-terrestial vehicle storage site.
The best of luck to you!
Ban smoking in Cascadia and you'll have the Irish people on your side, whether or not they live on the bless'éd isle. Oh and make your immigration policy easy, remember men outnumber women in Alaska by 65 to 35 % and you should be actively encouraging the fairer sex to settle in Cascadia or else you'll become the first gay "lumberjack" republic ever.
- and what happened to "rogue indymedia"?
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