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The International City Model: Freedom Is the Solution, Coercion Is the Problem

The International City offers a hopeful, practical model for transforming the global economy by giving people a choice.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Feb 05, 2024
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History is simplifying the choice ahead in terms of solving socio-economic problems: increase coercion or increase freedom. The legacy systems--nation-states and their core institutions--want to increase their power to coerce everyone as the ideal solution, while those being coerced want more choices and freedom, not less. The legacy power structures se…

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