6 ms·
I would agree that a decentralized web is to the benefit of everyone, but we have most on the far left, and most corporations pushing for a centralized web. Whe
by iphorde 6y ago
I would agree that a decentralized web is to the benefit of everyone, but we have most on the far left, and most corporations pushing for a centralized web. When the far left, and corporations have both aligned on an issue, we're going to get screwed. The center right, and center left will never agree, or unify to create a policy that decentralizes anything. This means, the far left, and corporations will win, a strange pair indeed.
The only counter is to centralize with opposing points of view, because nothing fractured ever is sustainable.
- ThatGeoGuy 6y agoI think the fact that you characterize this as "far-left" is problematic. Authoritarianism and censorship are independent of left or right leaning politics, and have existed on all sides of the political spectrum in the past. See censorship in Stalin's communism (left) vs. censorship in Nazi Germany (right).
- CuriouslyC 6y agoIt's a far left issue because the people on the right are constitution freaks that love guns, god and saying whatever the fuck they want consequences be damned.
- halfmatthalfcat 6y agoLet’s be frank here, the people on the right are constitution freaks for people who look _like them_. They aren’t freaks about the spirit of the constitution, only one that maintains their (white) supremacy.
- pstuart 6y agoCafeteria constitutionalists.
- iphorde 6y agoYes, lets be frank. I believe the Constitution is color blind. The words, "All men are created equal...", did not specify a race. The problem the right has the how the left tells them how to think. This is where progressives go wrong. Stop telling people how they should think.
- CuriouslyC 6y agoThat's a problem on both sides. Conservatives are judgmental AF about a lot of things. Frankly, I doubt the two sides are ever going to come to proper terms, and the best solution is just to give power back to the states. Then you can have libtard Portland and klan Mississippi, and people who don't like it can just move.
- Galaxeblaffer 6y agoIs the far left really pushing for a centralized web ? Would you mind backing this statement up ?
- ibeckermayer 6y agoAll the far-left groups and individuals pushing for the censorship of “hate” and “misinformation” are pushing for a centralized web.
- WJW 6y agoCan you back up that only far left groups are against hate and misinformation? Those topics seem like topic that everyone would be against? (Writing this from the EU, where most of the people have watched the past US election season with... "amazement". Especially the way in which both sides seem to feel they are the oppressed side.)
- zreltemple 6y agoThey posted those words in quotation marks. They're also subjective and prone to being defined by those with power. It'll be interesting to see how EU/Western Europe copes over the next 20 years, if they cope at all.
- iphorde 6y agoCan you back up? Dude, pull your head out of the ground. Liberals are a dying breed. Liberalism is dying.
- CuriouslyC 6y agoThey're pushing for censorship on social media, but I wouldn't say that has extended to the internet as a whole. Nobody's asking for email filters or website blacklisting.
- jsnk 6y agoIt goes well beyond social media, and internet. There are coordinated attacks by organizations with huge financial backings against political dissidents socially, financially and politically. Social media censorship is only the beginning. They already have come for people's livelihoods, bank accounts, jobs etc. Total castration seems like the end goal.
- amadeuspagel 6y agoNeither corporations, nor the far left can do anything about existing federated protocols, such as email, nor will they be able to prevent future federated protocols.
- cttet 6y agoThey can. A white list will easily do that. Without net neutrality white lists would be more and more popular IMO