Where does the civic get its power from?

WHAT****POWER FROM?*ENFORCERS / HOW IT ORGANISESMonarchy (old)Brute force, or Divine AppointmentKnights, barons etcReligionGodBishops, clergyGovernmentLawLords, Ministers, civil serviceDemocracyMajority JudiciaryTyrannyForce, money, fearMilitary / the corruptCapitalismMarkets / the blind handEnterpriseCommunismBelief, fearCivil service, local officialsCivic / peopleBelief, hope?????*

Random notes (to write up at some time, maybe):

  • The civic needs a mechanism of value exchange
  • Groups need trust , shared values, dispute resolution
  • If you devoted your life to the civic, historically one might have relied on gift economy > now you’d be a homeless bum
  • Volunteer coin
  • How would a secular priesthood work?