Sure, they can have bouncers, but nothing more. They’re still subject to the sovereign laws of their national host, whether Malaysia or Kazakhstan. My cast was referring to network states, though, not the school, in the sense that they are largely confined to virtual communities (you can’t exactly just lawfully declare physical sovereignty in 2026). Farcaster was one such community, but it was VC-funded and thus inevitably went for sale to the highest bidder, and now that highest bidder is acting like a cultural hegemon, erasing and rewriting the norms of that community