Fwd: [gsc] Networked tribes, systems disruption, and the emerging bazaar of violence. Resilient Communities, decentralized platforms, and self-organizing futures.

[R.A. Hettinga]

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> From: unlinQ Marketing <marketing at unlinq.com>
> Date: January 28, 2009 11:24:31 AM GMT-04:00
> To: gold-silver-crypto at rayservers.com
> Subject: Re: [gsc] Networked tribes, systems disruption, and the  
> emerging  bazaar of violence. Resilient Communities, decentralized  
> platforms, and  self-organizing futures.
>
> Lanes' article can be downloaded here:
> http://rapidshare.com/files/190679766/Lane__Economic_Consequences_of_Organized_Violence.pdf.html
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM, DGCMP <dgc at metropipe.net> wrote:
>> Global Guerrillas
>> http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/
>>
>> Nice recent post:
>>
>> PROTECTION RACKETS
>> Saturday, 24 January 2009
>> Diving into military theory (again).
>>
>> http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2009/01/protection-rackets.html
>>
>> A core dynamic behind the emergence of the nation-state was it's  
>> ability
>> to run a successful protection business (aka racket).  A system  
>> that has
>> been growing since the treaties of Westphalia in the 1600s.  The
>> protection business is relatively simple:
>>
>>  1. It is a monopoly.  It has exclusive ownership over the use of
>> violence.  As a monopoly, it must crush all internal competitors.
>>  2. It defends its monopoly from outside interests -- as in warfare
>> with nation-state and non-state competitors.
>>  3. It charges the customers (individuals and businesses) within its
>> geographical areas of control for this service.  This isn't optional.
>> Customers presumably benefit from this protection.
>>
>> Historically Successful Protection Rackets
>>
>> So what made the nation-state formula for protection so superior to  
>> its
>> competitors during its ascent over the last 400 years?   It's simple.
>> It delivered value to its customers.  Let's dive into this with a  
>> paper
>> by Charles Tilly (War Making and State Making as Organized Crime).   
>> He
>> cites the economic historian Frederic Lane's simple formula for  
>> success:
>
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