The Individual ¶
Individuals are free to join a community that aligns with their way of living. They live by the community guidelines they support.
Zero restrictions and completely the individual's choice on how they want to live. They can join multiple communities or no communities; they have the right to move freely.
This new societal system is known as Optionism.
Optionism as Middle-Ground Ideology ¶
In the development of the Grids, amidst the war between communism and capitalism, a middle-ground ideology arose — called Optionism. It entailed that both groups could unify.
Each Grid opens up to diverse communities you choose to be in. It's not segregation because you can choose to live in a diverse community. It's the opposite — forcing people into diversity (or any ideology) is authoritarianism.
We have learned in the modern world that people are too different to all be able to live together under one roof. But the ideology only works by base principles we all follow — base rules we abide by and enforce as a whole community: do not inflict harm on the lives of others, and allow people the freedom to leave communities as they please by technology that allows them to do so. If these rules are broken, there are repercussions.
Communities can be capitalist, communist, anything. People can experiment with unique communities, and you can check them out. It's positive to have this open-ended system as it actively promotes evolution of our systems and the trying of new things, giving people more options on how to live. Once in a community, you respect its guidelines. You can pick a community online.
But the off-grids want it all — they're powerful capitalists and they want more.