Three Reasons Why Secession and Decentralization Are Better for Human Rights
Why decentralize? One: small polities allow for more choice and opportunities for exit
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Why decentralize? One: small polities allow for more choice and opportunities for exit
[This article is the Introduction to Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.] The world is now, and has always been, politically decentralized. At no time in history has all of humankind been ruled by a single political regime.
[This article was adapted from a talk delivered at the 2022 Supporters Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.] The international system we live in today is a system composed of numerous states. There are, in fact, about 200 of them, most of which exercise a substantial amount of autonomy and sovereignty.