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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (8306)11/28/2010 10:56:04 PM
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In Tolkien’s case, it might be better to speak of a “radical subsidiarism,” in which authority and responsibility for the public weal are so devolved to the local and communal that every significant public decision becomes a matter of common interest and common consent.

Modern-day Liechtenstein, at least as it is portrayed by its present philosopher-monarch, Prince Hans-Adam II, emphasizes village-level decision-making.
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Not sure how well this model scales up, but it sounds something like the "return to Constitutional government" that Tea Partiers yearn for.
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