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[–]Kuasocto[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You just don't get it. If they were actually diverse that would truly be good, but nowadays they're nominally different sites, but all with their HQs in Cali, all funded and controlled by the same people. If you actually had an Iranian version of reddit do you honestly think it would behave the same as Cali reddit? How "decentralized" do you want things to be? For every single person to run his own server?

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The real point is to return the power to the people.

Companies can exist. We should support the non-parasitic companies returning power so they and we can BOTH exist. Cooperatively. Symbiotically.

[–]Kuasocto[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

yeah, the more I thought about the more I realized "decentralization" is just a substitute for "independence/self sufficiency". And this has to do with food, water, guns, information, wood, steel, everything.

My favourite book(a theory of power by jeff vail) also comes to mind as its kinda related to those ideas:

https://gojolaw.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Theory-of-Power.pdf

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Decentralization is not just a substitute for self-sufficiency, it's also a means to build (non-SJW) diverse communities outside of consumer/control culture, a way to take back power from central "authorities", and a philosophy beyond just independence but a return to the natural order of things.

More than just FLOSS, like you said, everything - including politics, banks, power, etc.

Thanks for the book.