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Every anarchist experiment failed? The Internet's still around, buddy.
by jrm4 4y ago
Every anarchist experiment failed?
The Internet's still around, buddy.
- svachalek 4y agoThe Internet was created by DARPA and while it got a little wild in the 90s, neither its origins or current form in any way resemble anarchy.
- Eduard 4y agoJust because "The Internet"'s _mainstream_ may not resemble anarchy, this doesn't prohibit other parts to resemble anarchy. In fact there are a lot of examples active and thriving "on the Internet" fulfilling various definitions of anarchy.
- jrm4 4y agoIt's a protocol that's literally not centrally controlled. It's the definition of anarchy. Not "cosmetic anarchy."
- namaria 4y agoThe thing created by a US Government agency at the height of the Cold War is your example of anarchist success story?
- jrm4 4y agoYes, because I'm not talking about "how it came into existence," I'm using the actual textbook definition of the word.
- namaria 4y agoThere is a LOT of -archy overhead to the Internet.
- jrm4 4y agoSure, but I think that still fits a common definition of anarchy. The idea isn't "chaos," it's "hey, the thing still works even though there isn't a clear hierarchy."
- namaria 4y agoJust because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. That's like arguing "schools are anarchy, I see no hierarchy on the playground over there"
- lern_too_spel 4y agoThe Internet whose addresses are handed out by IANA? That Internet? Or are you talking about Web3 scamware?