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• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The whole concept of federation is political in itself.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Frankly that seems pretty silly to me. That’s like saying water is political. It can be political if you want it to be political. You remind me of a guy I say in some Linux forums talking about how Linux is going to to bring the techno-anarchist revolution we all want. He was shocked that no one seemed to agree with his views. I’m not saying your views are wrong but to think a protocol/concept exists purely to support your views is a bit of a stretch.

    Federation is a concept not a political view

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    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not saying AP/federation exists “purely” to fit my views, that’s absurd.

      I’m saying that the concept of a decentralized protocol with the objective of letting various individual domains interact instead of a single corporate or government controlled entity is, objectively, a political goal. Power to the people. Censorship protection. Astroturfing safeguards.

      How is this in your opinion not inherently a political system? Besides, almost everything is a political act nowadays. Even the belief that nothing is political is also political.

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe it is just a semantics thing then

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