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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty Exit, Voice, and Loyalty], Wikipedia		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty Exit, Voice, and Loyalty], Wikipedia
	* [https://reason.com/2013/10/30/tech-should-make-it-easier-to-escape-the/ J.D. Tuccille, Tech Should Make It Easier To Escape Government Control, Says Startup Veteran Balaji Srinivasan], Reason, 30 October 2013		* [https://reason.com/2013/10/30/tech-should-make-it-easier-to-escape-the/ J.D. Tuccille, Tech Should Make It Easier To Escape Government Control, Says Startup Veteran Balaji Srinivasan], Reason, 30 October 2013
	* [~~https:~~/~~/circles.logos.co/readme/about-logos-circles/what-~~is~~-logos~~ What is Logos?], ~~Logos Circles handbook~~		* [[Start a Circle/What is Logos?\|What is Logos?]], Start a Circle
	* [https://logos.co/manifesto Jarrad Hope, Logos: A Declaration of Independence in Cyberspace], logos.co		* [https://logos.co/manifesto Jarrad Hope, Logos: A Declaration of Independence in Cyberspace], logos.co
	* [https://logos.co/ Logos homepage], logos.co		* [https://logos.co/ Logos homepage], logos.co

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'''Exit''' is leaving a system that is failing you, rather than staying to change it from within.

== The basics ==
The term comes from the economist Albert O. Hirschman's book ''Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States'' (Harvard University Press, 1970).

Hirschman argued that when a firm, organisation or state declines, its members have two responses. They can leave, which he called '''exit'''. Or they can complain and push for change, which he called '''voice'''. Exit only signals that something is wrong. Voice can also show why. His general principle is that the easier exit is, the less likely people are to use voice.

'''Loyalty''' changes the sums. Loyal members may hold back from leaving. They tend to invest more in an organisation when they believe their voice will be heard.

Critics have argued that exit and voice can work together, that the model overlooks problems of collective action, and that loyalty can produce silence.

=== In crypto and parallel-society writing ===
At Y Combinator's Startup School in 2013, Balaji Srinivasan, whom Reason called a startup veteran, applied the same framework to countries. Reason reported his summary as "you can try voice or you can try exit." In a country, voice means voting and exit classically means emigration. Srinivasan also described exit more broadly as tools that let people "peacefully opt out" of bad policy without entering politics. He said "Exit amplifies voice", because visible departures draw attention. He predicted that 3D printing, Bitcoin and telepresence would make exit easier. Reason noted that his framework echoes Hirschman.

== How it applies to Logos ==
The Circles handbook's "What is Logos?" page says: "All people should be free to exit hostile, corrupt, and inefficient systems."

The Logos manifesto, by Jarrad Hope, uses Hirschman's three terms. It calls for "a culture of resilient parallel societies" that raises the costs of surveillance and coercion while "minimising the costs of exit, voice, and loyalty." It also says: "If you do not agree with what you have consented to, you are always free to leave or remix."

The Logos homepage says "Basecamp is the tool for living outside existing systems." See [[Basecamp]].

== Examples ==
* East Germany, 1989. Mass emigration led people who stayed to protest in the streets. Wikipedia sums up Hirschman's later reading: "Exit triggered voice, and both worked in tandem."
* Latin American exile. Hirschman described rulers who encouraged critics to leave the country as using exit as a safety valve.
* State schools. When quality-conscious parents move their children to private schools, the voices best able to diagnose a school's decline leave with them.
''Add an example: edit this section.''

== See also ==
* [[Parallel polis]]
* [[Cypherpunk]]
* [[PriFi]]
* [[Basecamp]]
* [[Logos]]
* [[Glossary]]

== Takes on this idea ==
None yet. See [[Takes]].

== Sources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty Exit, Voice, and Loyalty], Wikipedia
* [https://reason.com/2013/10/30/tech-should-make-it-easier-to-escape-the/ J.D. Tuccille, Tech Should Make It Easier To Escape Government Control, Says Startup Veteran Balaji Srinivasan], Reason, 30 October 2013
* [https://circles.logos.co/readme/about-logos-circles/what-is-logos What is Logos?], Logos Circles handbook
* [https://logos.co/manifesto Jarrad Hope, Logos: A Declaration of Independence in Cyberspace], logos.co
* [https://logos.co/ Logos homepage], logos.co

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