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The underlying question is philosophical freedom vs authoritarianism. The same tactics can be utilized by different actors who have different worldviews. The St
by briantakita 6y ago
The underlying question is philosophical freedom vs authoritarianism. The same tactics can be utilized by different actors who have different worldviews. The Stasi utilized Crowdsourcing to enforce authoritarianism
for example. One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. One's misinformation is another's truth particularly when it comes to how information is interpreted & what is focused upon.
- fellowniusmonk 6y agoOnce a proposition is falsified a rational community would rejected it. Once your community or protocol "philosophically" rejects checksums it is only a matter of time before your system breaks catastrophically. This philosophical freedom vs authoritarianism thing you're proposing is a view that is incomplete and small to the point of being false. The actual underlying question is do you accept that grounded truth exists and are you willing to have a large and nuanced enough view to include all non false propositions and reject all false propositions.
- md_ 6y agoSure, and if you squint hard enough, there are similarities between having a warning label slapped on your Tweets and being thrown in a gulag for decades. But if you're squinting that hard, not a lot of light is getting through.