这一期由 Plebrizing 主持的 PR 报告，主要关注《主权个人》第九章，标题为“民族主义，新卢德主义者的反动”。 这一章探讨了人们预期的对信息时代转变的反弹，以及民族主义作为对民族国家衰落的反应而可能重新抬头。 该集首先将历史比作 16 世纪初天主教会拥有巨大权力的时期。印刷机的兴起使得异端论点的传播成为可能，挑战了教会的权威，并导致了宗教改革。 类似地，作者认为，基于微处理器的技术进步正在破坏现代民族国家的现状。这种“新的权力革命”正在通过促进向信息时代的过渡，以牺牲 20 世纪民族国家为代价解放个人。 这种转变带来了一种不连续性，其特点是经济组织的变化、网络经济的出现以及政府、工会和持照专业人士等受地域限制的组织的重要性降低。 虽然广泛的分裂运动尚未普遍存在，但作者认为这是一种可能的结果，强调了德克萨斯州、佛罗里达州或萨尔瓦多等地区走上更自主道路的潜力。 这一集还预测传统精英的地位和对国家象征的尊重将会下降。 本章和本集的核心在于预测，民族主义的反弹将集中在那些因政治权力下放和新的市场安排而失去地位、收入和权力的人群中。 这体现在对全球化、自由贸易、外国所有权的怀疑、对移民的敌视以及对在新环境中蓬勃发展的“信息精英”的怨恨。 这种反弹还可能包括新卢德主义者对成功的主权个人的攻击。 本集强调了随着信息时代迎来新的身份意识、新的道德观和互补的意识形态，民族主义概念将如何放松其控制。 尽管作者预测民族主义的反动将在 21 世纪初达到顶峰，但他们认为主权的分裂已经证明了更高的效率，这最终将导致民族国家因财政危机而崩溃。 从个人角度来看，向信息时代的过渡涉及个人的“去国家化”。 公民身份变得不那么有吸引力，也不那么站得住脚。 大众传播逐渐衰落，让位于定制的新闻推送，这在过去 10-20 年的互联网体验中得到了体现。 技术促进的教育私有化就是一个例子。 作者认为，一个具有竞争力的保护服务市场将会出现，挑战政府的垄断。 创新者面临着诽谤，民族主义情绪再次抬头。 受高税收和法规束缚的最富裕的经合组织国家将看到个人和企业寻求更有利的司法管辖区。 只有“最爱国或最愚蠢”的人才会继续居住在高税收国家。“失败者大军”将抵制破坏民族国家的变革，可能导致对信息经济的暴力和令人不快的反弹。 作者强调了低成本、先进的计算能力在赋予个人权力和降低暴力回报方面的作用，从而创造了一个具有竞争力的保护服务市场。 他们引用了 19 世纪英国的卢德主义者的例子，他们摧毁了威胁其生计的自动化收割机。 这一历史例子说明了失业工人可能诉诸暴力以应对技术颠覆的可能性。 数字资源，尤其是数字货币，可能被证明在信息时代是可预测和可防御的，从而促进基于自愿合作的无政府状态。 诸如比特币之类的数字货币可以在地球上的任何地方以光速传输。 民族国家必须同时压制世界银行和数据避风港，即便如此，他们可能也只能破坏或摧毁某些数量的数字货币，而无法没收它。 这种暴力回报的减少将改变经济的运作方式。

This episode of the PR Report, hosted by Plebrizing, focuses on Chapter 9 of "The Sovereign Individual," titled "Nationalism, Reaction in the New Luddites." The chapter explores the anticipated backlash against the shift towards the information age and the potential resurgence of nationalism as a reaction to the perceived decline of the nation-state. The episode begins by drawing a historical parallel to the early 16th century, when the Catholic Church held immense power. The rise of the printing press enabled the proliferation of heretical arguments, challenging the Church's authority and leading to the Reformation. Similarly, the authors posit that microprocessing-based technological advances are disrupting the status quo of modern nation-states. This "new revolution of power" is liberating individuals at the expense of the 20th-century nation-state by facilitating the transition into the information age. This transition brings a discontinuity, marked by changes in economic organization, the emergence of a cyber economy, and the diminishing importance of geographically-bound organizations like governments, labor unions, and licensed professionals. While widespread secession movements are not yet prevalent, the authors suggest it's a possible consequence, highlighting the potential for regions like Texas, Florida, or El Salvador to embrace more autonomous paths. The episode also anticipates a decline in the status of traditional elites and the respect for national symbols. The core of the chapter and the episode lies in the prediction of a nationalist reaction centered among those who lose status, income, and power due to political devolution and new market arrangements. This manifests in suspicion of globalization, free trade, foreign ownership, hostility to immigration, and resentment towards the "information elite" who thrive in the new environment. This backlash could also include neo-Luddite attacks on successful sovereign individuals. The episode highlights how the concept of Nationalism will loosen its grip as the Information Age ushers in a new consciousness of identity, new morality and complementary ideologies. While predicting the Nationalist reaction to peak in the early decades of the 21st century, the authors suggest fragmentation of sovereignty to have already demonstrated better efficiency, that is ultimately leading to the collapse of the nation state due to fiscal crisis. Focusing on the individual perspective, the transition into the information age involves the "denationalization" of the individual. Citizenship becomes less attractive and tenable. Mass communication fades in favor of customized news feeds, which is exemplified by the internet experience of the last 10-20 years. The Privatization of education, facilitated by technology is an example. The authors contend that a competitive market for protection services will emerge, challenging the government's monopoly. Innovators face vilification, and nationalist sentiment resurges. The wealthiest OECD countries, burdened by high taxes and regulations, will see individuals and businesses seeking more favorable jurisdictions. Only the "most patriotic or stupid" will continue to reside in high-tax countries. The "legions of losers" will resist changes that undermine the nation-state, potentially leading to violent and unpleasant backlashes against the information economy. The authors emphasize the role of low-cost, advanced computational capacity in empowering individuals and reducing returns on violence, creating a competitive market for protection services. They cite the example of the Luddites in 19th-century England, who destroyed automated cropping machines that threatened their livelihoods. This historical example illustrates the potential for displaced workers to resort to violence in response to technological disruption. Digital resources, particularly digital money, may prove to be predictable and defendable in the information age, fostering anarchy based on voluntary cooperation. Digital money, such as Bitcoin, can be transferred anywhere on the planet at the speed of light. Nation-states would have to simultaneously suppress both the world's banking and data havens and even then, they might only be able to sabotage or destroy certain sums of digital money, not seize it. This decreased return on violence is what will transform how the economy operates.