Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
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Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
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#2Bumping this towards front page discussion, the Wikipedia link on this got flag killed from the front page.
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#3I'm sure there are a lot of folks here who are either living, or have been to Seattle/Cap Hill.
Politics aside for a moment, this is the pinnacle of Cap Hill IMO. Good on them, as long as they stay safe and try not to get too culty.
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#4So my question: will Trump
quickly and lethally invoke the Insurrection act? Will the Joint Chiefs comply or create a constitutional crisis?
If this isn’t shut down quickly, I predict we see a national movement like this by Juneteenth.
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#5It has the look of a mini Christiania, nice to see something like this sprout up in the US. I hope it sticks around and becomes something really cool.
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#6From Wikipedia: Animal Farm by G.Orwell
"The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
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#7I wonder if it's bigger than Sealand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
When I look at the list of demands I'm pretty quick to dismiss it. Then I remember how I dismissed the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle too, and how many of the fears those protesters had were realized over the next two decades. I might be too hopeful, but I really think the city leadership should talk to them and hear them out, instead of just trying to push them over.
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#8I believe Denmark had something like this for a while. It started with squatters taking over an area kind of like this.
Turned into a serious drug venue and eventually fell apart. Sounds like it sort of restarted, albeit with regular Danish law enforcement and other city resources.
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#9I wonder if it's bigger than Sealand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand When I look at the list of demands I'm pretty quick to dismiss it. Then I remember how I dismissed the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle too, and how many of the fears those protesters had were realized over the next two decades. I might be too hopeful, but I really think the city leadership should talk to them and hear them out, i…
The city is already cooperating and providing portable toilets and tried to replace the barricades with nice planters. It’s a national conversation now.
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#10According to a June 10 article by City Journal, hip hop artist Raz Simone acts as "co-leader and enforcer" of the Zone, while former mayoral candidate Nikkita Oliver formulates the commune's political aims.[24] However, according to Simone, the Zone has no central leadership, with all residents serving as leaders