panarch TCMT Panarch is a thought experiment that applies the concept of panarchy. Panarchy is a social technology that incorporates the needs and wants of diverse peoples while attempting to minimize conflict and oppression. Social systems/governments are technologies. They are made to serve the needs of groups of people. Systems must undergo change in order to handle the changing needs of civilization as well as more adequately appeal to the desires and needs of the people within the system. Panarch is a fictional world where people are free to choose their own government as well as any other systems and groups they would want to be a part of. It operates under the assumption that systems can coexist and force is unnecessary. If a person, chooses, let's say, to be a part of a capitalist-democratic government, then he can join a "state" that operates under that model. In Panarch, many states following many different models can co-exist in an area. Collaboration between states are voluntary , not enforced. If, let's say, a person does become a part of a capitalist-democratic state (of a particular kind), then that state may be partnered or in collaboration with other states of its kind. Or/and, that state could collaborate to other states of a different kind (such as a socia-capita-democratic state). The kinds of states are dependent on the collective, group, or individual wills of the people. There can be an infinite amount of variations. Many states will ask for something in order to join them. Those agreements are made between the individual and the state. Joining a state is voluntary and the one choosing is likely to choose based on what he/she would want out of governance. For example, a person joining a socia-capita-democratic state would like want his/her state to provide them with jobs, healthcare, education, etc., as well as allow for a means for all within the state to contribute economically towards the betterment of the whole state. This person would likely agree to paying a certain amount of fees/taxes in order to benefit from the additional resources that would be given to them Another example: if a person wants little governance where they can get goods and services based on a non-currency model (such as a gift economy or a resource-based economy) then they can join a state that provides that. States can range from heavy governance, to group governance, to no governance at all, depending on the will/desires of the participants. Not all formations have to be based on governance however. Many systems can be formed to complement other systems or run parallel to existing systems. Systems can be created to deal with specific challenges within the larger Panarch world or created to provide for the needs of the participants. There is no limit to the amount of groups, systems, or even states an individual can join, as long as everyone involved agrees to the arrangement. This is the bare bones of the concept. Of course, in practice, it becomes much more complicated. Many challenges arise as well when implementing a complex multifaceted system like this. The work is in three questions: What would a world like this look like specifically? What conflicts would arise in such a world? What are potential solutions for these conflicts. 131116 what's it to you? who go blather from