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I used to think like this too, but once you dive deep into "decentralization", ironically you learn so many things that are infeasible and impossible with decen
by cocktailpeanuts 9y ago
I used to think like this too, but once you dive deep into "decentralization", ironically you learn so many things that are infeasible and impossible with decentralization, and you start to appreciate all the shitty rules that you used to despise.
For starters, you say "free societies", but try to think deeper about what that exactly means. It's most likely a collection of nation states, each with its own governance and military and law. Everything around you works because of some sort of centralized authority.
Most people don't realize this--I myself who's a programmer probably would have died without knowing this if I didn't get into decentralized tech stuff--because they never needed to question why governments exist or why nations exist.
TLDR: Anarchy is likely to happen if there's no regulation. Even the Internet itself is regulated if you look into every party involved.