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It wouldn't be another layer though would it? I don't think you're understanding the dynamics involved. Nor is it going to happen next week, next year, or during the next decade. I can see it being possible towards the end of this century.

As I've said, the trend for the last 125 years has been towards more countries, and in this case it would be a return to the concept of the trading city state, something which Kuala Lumpar and Hong Kong are perhaps the closest to being. As more cities start to recognise they would be better off dropping their regions and becoming independent trading units the trend will evolve

The only thing that the legitimises government is organising the defence of these economic engines but to do that they need to start wars. Even then though we could easily find that the mega rich corporations will buy in their own private armies to defend their wealth. It's not that far removed from the power brokers of medieval England who the king would have to turn to for support if he needed men at arms. In some cases the worlds largest corporations flirt dangerously close to having their own army in partnership with state as it is, Shell is one that comes to mind, and if you go back in history a bit the East India Company was perhaps the first example.

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2469873" data-attributes="member: 65228">It wouldn&#039;t be another layer though would it? I don&#039;t think you&#039;re understanding the dynamics involved. Nor is it going to happen next week, next year, or during the next decade. I can see it being possible towards the end of this century.As I&#039;ve said, the trend for the last 125 years has been towards more countries, and in this case it would be a return to the concept of the trading city state, something which Kuala Lumpar and Hong Kong are perhaps the closest to being. As more cities start to recognise they would be better off dropping their regions and becoming independent trading units the trend will evolveThe only thing that the legitimises government is organising the defence of these economic engines but to do that they need to start wars. Even then though we could easily find that the mega rich corporations will buy in their own private armies to defend their wealth. It&#039;s not that far removed from the power brokers of medieval England who the king would have to turn to for support if he needed men at arms. In some cases the worlds largest corporations flirt dangerously close to having their own army in partnership with state as it is, Shell is one that comes to mind, and if you go back in history a bit the East India Company was perhaps the first example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2469873, member: 65228"] It wouldn't be another layer though would it? I don't think you're understanding the dynamics involved. Nor is it going to happen next week, next year, or during the next decade. I can see it being possible towards the end of this century. As I've said, the trend for the last 125 years has been towards more countries, and in this case it would be a return to the concept of the trading city state, something which Kuala Lumpar and Hong Kong are perhaps the closest to being. As more cities start to recognise they would be better off dropping their regions and becoming independent trading units the trend will evolve The only thing that the legitimises government is organising the defence of these economic engines but to do that they need to start wars. Even then though we could easily find that the mega rich corporations will buy in their own private armies to defend their wealth. It's not that far removed from the power brokers of medieval England who the king would have to turn to for support if he needed men at arms. In some cases the worlds largest corporations flirt dangerously close to having their own army in partnership with state as it is, Shell is one that comes to mind, and if you go back in history a bit the East India Company was perhaps the first example. [/QUOTE]

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