tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415577562084074022.post937567936106116542..comments2013-02-14T22:02:40.290-08:00Comments on Swinging the Possum: Rules on RailsMichael http://www.blogger.com/profile/17596457110530754431noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415577562084074022.post-69923481433841693562013-02-14T22:02:40.290-08:002013-02-14T22:02:40.290-08:00Constitutions are the putative frameworks for soci...Constitutions are the putative frameworks for societies. Societies are hierarchies operating through vertical interactions, mostly transactions, enforced by the threat of coercive violence. Communities cohere through voluntary, horizontal interactions, only some of which are transactions. Societies control those horizontal transactions to varying degrees, through prescription, proscription and monitoring. Robin Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358491380192365005noreply@blogger.com