The Network State Movement and the Relationship of Africans Having a Voice

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"The bargaining power that a cohered Africa could get from this, I think, is what we're really going after," Ette says. "For the first time, they didn't have it in 1880 when the lines were drawn in Europe about Africa." The internet enables us to do that at scale, he adds.

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0:00 Intro 9:05 Starting a New Country 12:35 Public Perception Of The Idea 14:23 The Nation State Has Failed In Africa 16:49 What Was The Berlin Conference? 19:56 Defining Diaspora 25:43 Explaining Network States 29:52 The Solutions a Network State Provides 32:40 Giving Africans A Voice 38:44 How To Reach Afropolitan Endgame 43:45 How an NFT PFP Project Fits In 53:39 Phase 2 And Beyond 1:00:32 A Competitor To The Nation State 1:05:51 Acquiring Legitimacy 1:12:00 How Does Crypto Fit Into This Picture? 1:15:46 The Afropolitan Currency 1:18:22 Are Eche and Chica About That Life? 1:21:29 Long Term Bull Case 1:26:58 Outro + Risks and Disclaimers

------ RESOURCES Eche: https://twitter.com/Echecrates

Chika: https://twitter.com/ChikaUwazie

Balaji's Episode on Network States: https://youtu.be/NEoxETtJ67Q

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