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I've said this before and I'll say it again. The best example of a mercantile state in a "pure" liberal form would be Venice in the 15th Century. If you could have such an array of small enterprises, cultural growth, wealth and independent activity from cities with the knowledge we share today... that would be the perfect. But the fact is, that is not possible any more as it is defined by politicians today which think that it is a super-structure and a financial architecture that supports the world and feeds the billions of people now living.
But I still think that we should look more into the "small-shop" model even in a global world. There's many examples out there that point that people still want some form of identity and would be willing to live under an updated-retro model of society, where a network of cities would be key instead of a network countries.
- They weren't heavily regulated in 15th century, were they? ;)raf
- Actually they become regulated. By the Duces. Which is why Capitalism is a state force.Corvo2
- The distinction between being mercantile or Capitalism makes the difference.Corvo2
- Being that Capitalism is actually the result of State, not what people do.Corvo2