Michail / Opium Hum / Hyper Real
@opiumhum
1/ On decentralised social media and free speech: Free speech doesn't guarantee the right to say anything without consequence, because "absolute" free speech can infringe on the rights of others - it does not override another person's right to live without fear of hate or violence. Equally, decentralisation does mot mean "no rules" or that formal rules regulations, social norms or contracts are absent. The opposite rather, because control and decision-making are distributed across a network, the absence of centralised authority makes social contracts and upholding them even more critical.
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Michail / Opium Hum / Hyper Real
@opiumhum
2/ Iām pointing this out, because much of the free speech absolutism I see is nothing but repackaged ultra-libertarian thinking rooted in a deeply anti-social hyper-individualism. It confuses the idea of freedom with the idea of license: one is the ability to act, speak, or think without unnecessary restraint, but within the boundaries of laws, norms, and ethical considerations. The other is the unrestrained ability to do whatever one wants, without regard for the consequences or the impact on others. It is freedom without responsibility.
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Swampnet
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The society you describe sounds eerily familiar as a US american š¢
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Qubyt š
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heheheh it's nice to re-learn what's the recipe to make a village. cilbuper s'otalp 50 $degen
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