BazaarOfViolence

Recently JohnRobb coined the term BazaarOfViolence to talk about an emergent market-like organization of disperate terrorist groups and criminals which is particularly hard to fight against.

• Market places for violence : http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/07/journal_marketp.html

• Bazaar of violence in Iraq : http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/07/thebazaarof_v.html-

• Explicit analogy with TheCathedralAndBazaar : (and http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/09/bazaar_dynamics.html (and calls the bazaar a platform, so see OnPlatforms)

A reason why NationState/NationBuilding can be hard. Essentially the BazaarOfViolence protects itself and prevents a state. (NationState/UnderAttack)

Reading this : suddenly http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/08/iraqandfoco_i.html suddenly makes me wonder. Are FreeMarkets always going to allow / encourage a BazaarOfViolence / Mafia style (dis)organized crime? Do you need a NationState to restrict the market, to control the BazaarOfViolence?

See also :

• OnMarkets

• OnEmergence

• GlobalGuerrillas

• AtrocityCasino

• NetWar

• StigmergicSystems

• I think this is what book three of TheNetworkSociety is about?

• (WarpLink) MilitaryRobots