Thread by @GoolagCrypto

🧵on sovereign symbiosis for @scribeDAO

TL:DR; Nation-states are built upon the manipulation of individuals by nationalism into sacrifice for nothing in return, however, the advent of DAOs represent a new social model of belonging built on symbiosis rather than predation

This is a thought provoking piece considering the archaic nation-state and how its deterioration is a result of social models evolving bringing people together for a common cause rather than a shared sense of identity (nation, ethnicity, etc.)

Read the full thing here: egirlcapital.com/insights/60205… by @CL207 and an anon contributor @egirl_capital

1⃣ Corruption of nationalism

The nation-state promotes nationalism prefaced by a corrupted sense of altruism

By exploiting a persons sociobiological need to "belong" they require persons to sacrifice themselves and their lives to serve as pillars for the states benefit

2⃣ Global Info Age and the collapse of nation-states

State profiteering would eventually to deterioration, but technological process has catalyzed this process hundred fold

Technology now allows for the access of information across the globe regardless of status

2⃣ con

This access allows for the entry to global markets, meaning that the opportunity for wealth creation is no longer bounded by geography

This creates a class of "information elite" who have the capability to leverage to build wealth and work anywhere

2⃣ con

One who is a part of this new elite class now has significant disincentives for participation in the archaic models of nationalism and citizenry to the nation state

Given their flexibility with geography for wealth creation, why be a citizen of a high tax nation-state?

2⃣ con

This cohort who will have adopted this mindset will withdraw from the state to be removed from control by state powers as identification with the state is no longer beneficial

Instead cliques within the cohort will coalesce to move forward with their goals

3⃣ DeFi and DAOs

How does all of this play out in reality?

Consider the advent of DeFi and DAOs as proof positive of eventual collapse of nation-states

DeFi quite literally provides the capability to circumvent centralized institutions in the pursuit of financial gain

3⃣ con

DAOs membership is predicated on pursuance and the advance of a common mission, not through traditional forms of identity to state, ethnicity, or geography

Both DeFi and DAOs provide a path forward for the "information elite" to withdraw from nation-states and be global

4⃣ Resistance to change

Unfortunately the decision to withdraw is not so simple, as the powers that be have a deep stake in ensuring continual conformance to current systems

Like with Gensler the old guard will stop us from advancing forward, and we must brace ourselves

5⃣ Future Considerations

To ensure the success of DAOs we must work on privacy to offer a true digital community

1. Privacy safeguards: We must anonymize the governance process to prevent the identification of stakeholders and their off-chain coercion

5⃣ con

2. Flexible Privacy: We must offer the option for people to remain digital to broaden the talent pool for recruiting

3. Product Privacy: Without anonymous code deployment, innovation might be disincentivized due to the possibility of real-world liability

6⃣ Ancillary thoughts and conclusion

Feel free to skip here, as these are just my own ruminations

A few years ago when I was still a freshman in college I took a philosophy class and came across the storied phrase by Descartes "cogito, ergo sum".

6⃣ con

Though I understood for some why it was profound, and why for Descartes it was so critical, but it was more benign to me

What mattered was after the fact, "I am, but do I matter?"

With the preponderance of nihilism, my thoughts were probably commonplace in society

6⃣ con

I always wondered why that was the case.

Why is it that so many intelligent individuals fail to find meaning on their own?

Why bright eyed individuals who maybe at one point in time thought of changing the world end up being cogs in the machine of corporate America

6⃣ con

What is the fundamental issue at play here?

I have found that, feel free to disagree with me here, that the cause has been the imposition of this warped sense of altruism within every institution

6⃣ con

The nation requires sacrifice to schools for grades, which then lead you to sacrifice yourself for your company to generate profit, which ultimately benefits the promotion of the nation state in this corrupted cycle

6⃣ con

This might be an oversimplification, but at no point in time is what the individual wants to accomplish really considered

Like in a factory, you're pushed along this cycle going onto the next process without any time to reflect and process what you want to do

6⃣ con

In my belief this process is ultimately underlined by the human need to belong to the "in group" which requires identification to that group by geography, ethnicity, and citizenry

This entire process is not conducive to finding spirituality and purpose for oneself

6⃣ con

6⃣ Accidentally hit send here, but Ill just finish it up in replies.

What ultimately breaks this cycle is identifying yourself with the facet of your mission and goal rather than traditional identify

That's why DAOs are so powerful, they focus on driving towards a goal

6⃣ fin

In a long-winded way I was trying to show why I'm so bullish on crypto and the prominence of DAOs and how that will fundamentally shift societal structure.

People, generally, want to have purpose and meaning and DAOs provide an outlet for that

6⃣ fin

So in complete conclusion, I believe DAOs are a necessary evolution to society and people will shift towards them and create digitally native city-states to which they can share a mission and purpose