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Gandhi's system of parallel structures really interests me. He said to set up your own system if the accepted one refused to acknowledge change. It was a last resort kind of thing. But how would that look in society? Would you set up a new school system? A new police force? Medical care? Public transportation? Everything! That would require huge numbers of people, so would this idea only work when most of the people in a region agree with you? I think that would have worked for Gandhi, had England refused to make concessions, but I don't think it would work with the current US anti-war party. Like I said in an earlier post, most people don't actively fight against the war. They talk a lot, but they don't do a lot. I don't think they could manage to set up a completely separate system. Also, what's to keep the original government from destroying it, in its infancy? I think it's a really interesting concept, but I have a lot of questions and doubts about its application. Is there an example I should look at where it has been applied?