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Feudalist libertarian... how do people even get there? I remember when words meant things.
by api 6y ago
Feudalist libertarian... how do people even get there? I remember when words meant things.
- Fellshard 6y agoI've seen the terms used regularly with regard to Urbit, and I believe they're derived from: Feudal - your computing is connected to the larger network by sitting under a larger scale host entity. Pyramid/hierarchy structure, essentially, where you're dependent on your host for visibility and connectivity. Libertarian - Urbit very intentionally distances itself from much of existing tech in order to maintain independence from it, and to deter the platform from being co-opted by a mob in the way the internet was during Eternal September. (Not my opinions, but my understanding of arguments I've seen. Correct as necessary.)
- d883kd8 6y agoWhat the sibling comment says, plus personal dislike of the founder(s), most likely
- Jotra7 6y agoUrbit founder advocates some pretty problematic politics.
- cocktailpeanuts 6y agoI don't know about libertarian, but "Feudalist" is actually not only true, but is the core principle of how Urbit works. They actually use feudalist terms in the whitepaper. And I mean this not in a derogatory manner, because I thought it was interesting concept.
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- tptacek 6y agoIt's not hard to get there, but the right thing to do is just to flag the comment, so that every thread on Urbit projects doesn't become a referendum on Urbit and its problematic founder.