While no doubt each and every expression is an extension of a previous perception, "social contract" theory does not specifically describe and reject monopolies of power the way anarchist theory (and peer to peer networks) do.
Cheers.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:22:14 -0700 (PDT), Chris Doss
<lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Isn't this just a variation on centuries-old social contract theory?
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> --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Dmytri Kleiner <dk at telekommunisten.net> wrote:
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>> "free association" is the key point, this is
>> sometimes called "federalism"
>> as well, the idea is not there is no social institutions,
>> nor no rules, but
>> rather that rules are collectively agreed to, association
>> is voluntary, and
>> not based on a territorial (or any other) monopoly.
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