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It's both at the same time. The movement and preparation comes from the bottom up. The political dissolution is top down. If you think in terms of direction of power, we want power to go from the top down.

indeed you want power to go from the top down but localists want it to go from the bottom up

I think it has to be achieved from the top down. If a state were to secede, for instance, the federal government might just disallow it using violence - like what we're seeing in Spain.

If it's done from the top down that eliminates that option.

so your plan is for rulers to do away with rulers?

Our plan is for the people to do away with rulers.

the people being the bottom right? the plan you just described is a bottom up plan.

the people being the bottom right? the plan you just described is a bottom up plan.