LARGE STATES ARE VULNERABLE – NOT TO CONSENSUS BUT TO SINGLE ACTORS. From Eli Ha

LARGE STATES ARE VULNERABLE – NOT TO CONSENSUS BUT TO SINGLE ACTORS.

From Eli Harman

—“Regarding the problems of centralized states. These fall into three categories, problems of knowledge, interest, and power. These can be solved ultimately only by competition, accountability, and division of power. But coercive territorial monopolies may be the most suitable forms for providing public goods and suppressing free-riding locally.”—

—“Advances in technology favor the offense. And this is why large states will break down and be replaced by small states, because large states won’t be able to defend their territories, populations and economies. A world of large states is fragile. A world of small, competitive states is robust and antifragile.”—