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Nice post. Reading this, I can't help but think...is Mormon entryism the answer? They've got the kind of social capital that takes generations to build, they control an entire US state, they've already significantly infiltrated the federal police / "intelligence community" apparatus. Their women are attractive and wholesome, and the religion encourages having lots of kids and supports your ability to do so. Giving up caffeine and alcohol kinda sucks but is way easier than what it takes to become an Old Order Amish or an Orthodox Jew. The universalizing impulse is troublesome but could perhaps be arrested with enough work...certainly seems easier than building that sort of social organization from scratch, no?

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Read the piece, as expected was thought provoking. This is both comment as well as sort of confirmation my understanding of your argument is correct given my relative unfamiliarity with this segment of domestic discourse.

[correct me if I’m wrong] Essentially you are interested in practical steps to a post state existence, for reasons that cluster around

1. Living without imposition of deviant/destructive cultural values [woke stuff], especially by elites controlling media/business/education

2. The impotency and ineptitude of the current system as displayed by politicians, voters, and regulators across the spectrum

3. Companies’ (especially tech!) practical control already surpassing the state in profound ways (and it’s only gonna get worse).

Number 3 definitely resonated and didn’t depend on accepting 1 or 2. I’d imagine there are many others who’d feel the same way.

One aspect that stood out were parts discussing religious communities like Mormons, Amish/Mennonite, or Orthodox Jews that to varying degrees self segregate in order to maintain tradition. When combined with your call to a ‘post state’ (or para state?) existence...that kind of sounds like India (and I’m not just saying that because you’re Indian!)

What I mean is the Indian state is in most practical circumstances weak, extremely corrupt, inept, and oriented towards accommodating thousands of diverse/endogamous/insular communities. An example of this in practice could be the cases currently before Indian Supreme Court involving petitioners suing for gay marriage under the Hindu/foreign/inter-religious marriage acts - but not under the Christian or Islamic marriage acts (for obvious reasons). The Indian state cannot/will not uniformly ensure marriage equality for LGBT Indians (or impose gay marriage on all Indians if you prefer) as in the USA because it doesn’t have a uniform civil code. But even if they did it wouldn’t change the fact that in practice it’s Indian parents/extended families that are ultimate practical arbiter of whom Indians can or cannot marry.

Anyways really that number 3 is frightening, because that kind of power can be turned on anyone. Today woke Silicon Valley has the power, what if tomorrow the real power shifts to Shenzhen?

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