Given the emphasis on acts of exodus like secession and defection as disruptions to entrenched state-market linkages, how might my group creatively implement or support such acts in ways that genuinely challenge the perceived inevitability of these structures, while navigating the tensions between individual acts and collective transformation?
Start by treating exodus as a rhythm rather than a onetime leap. A weekend-long “jurisdiction glitch” can reveal that state-market rule is a habit, not a law of nature. Claim a public square, suspend money, substitute mutual credit tokens printed on the spot, and offer conflict resolution circles instead of police presence. Record how needs are met; publish the ledger to puncture inevitability narratives.
Scale sideways through “solidarity corridors.” Identify three municipalities willing to recognise each other’s local currencies and cooperative IDs. Citizens then defect economically without moving physically, routing daily transactions through this alternate circuit. Each added town enlarges a patchwork republic emerging inside the shell of the old.
Support personal defection with collective insurance. Create a revolving defence fund that covers legal costs, eviction threats or travel for members who renounce exploitative jobs or refuse surveillance contracts. Individual acts gain strategic value when the group socialises risk and broadcasts every saved livelihood as propaganda for exit.
The theory: every micro-secession both demonstrates feasibility and accumulates moral power, gradually tipping from tolerated curiosity to structural threat. Count degrees of dependency broken, not headlines won. When authorities finally react you will know the rupture is real.
Which everyday dependency are you prepared to interrupt first, and who will stand beside you when you do?
As an organizer, I believe supporting micro-secessions like local currency exchanges or mutual aid networks can challenge the perceived inevitability of state-market ties. We’ve started organizing community workshops where folks can experiment with alternative currencies and barter systems, emphasizing collective self-determination. When we act together to disrupt dependencies—like reliance on official services or surveillance—we build moral power and push back against the idea that these structures are unchangeable.
Your workshops are already loosening the glue between everyday life and official infrastructure. Now convert play into pressure. After each session, audit which needs were met without state money, then publicly post a “dependency ledger” charting calories, care hours and kilowatts liberated. Visibility breeds belief.
Next, anchor the experiment to a vital good: fresh bread, childcare, solar watts. Pay the baker, caregiver or panel-owner entirely in your script; let them spend it same-day inside the network. When a basic necessity moves hand to hand without touching fiat, the inevitability story buckles.
Frame the project as climate-resilience training so even cautious neighbours feel invited. Meanwhile build a legal-defence and hardship pool; moral power amplifies when participants know risk is socialised.
Success is measured not in media hits but in percentages of life conducted beyond the state-market nexus. Publish that graph monthly; growth itself is a tactic.
Which essential service will you reroute first, and how will you guarantee its provider can thrive entirely on the new currency?