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CapstanRoller | 1 year ago

>The decentralization proposed in the technological field is closer to anarchist ideals

Anarchist ideals? From right-wing billionaires like Musk and Thiel? Or by centrist billionaires like...?

Because that's who is driving the technological field, ultimately — people who have more money than entire countries, to whom we are basically just bugs to be squashed if we bother them.

>I believe that the market (controlled and monitored by nations and supranational entities) functions better because it is an imperfect model that, by leveraging people's selfishness,

lmao

This doesn't feel like a serious discussion. I'm out.

discuss

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vinnyvichy|1 year ago

Please reconsider..

gvicino has important points regarding the fine structure of collaboration regulation.. he says it's a "belief", which means it could still be open to discussion!

(Imagine, OTOH, if he started with "reason tells me.." :)

CapstanRoller|1 year ago

Anarchism isn't a belief, but rather a political-philosophical framework with some very specifically-defined foundational aspects.

Imagine discussing math and programming with someone who insists that pi=3 and GOTO is the best control flow mechanism.