Geopolitics

This may be the strongest case for authoritarianism:

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-liberal-democracy-might-lose

Basically: the war for people's hearts and minds has no stable equilibrium except local hegemony of one dominant elite, much like (and for the same reasons as) what Hobbes pointed out for regular war.

Hobbes: state of anarchy -> war of all against all -> governing elite with monopoly of force
Noah (Nobbes?): state of info anarchy -> info war of all against all -> governing elite with monopoly of memes

I don't agree with such an ideology, for quite a few reasons, eg.:

* Info war can be made much more defense-favoring without borders
* Borders are much less effective at containing it, so successful monopoly of memes can ultimately only be global
* Benefits of info pluralism are extremely large

Using "we" here in a generalized sense, as "people who care about info freedom and pluralism". People of this temperament exist in all countries.

But it feels like what Noah describes is pretty close to the central thing that we're up against.

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Re how crypto can counteract, summarized roughly: by being a (economic and social) base layer for alternative memeplexes to form and sustain, and even to test themselves in a live environment. And by being a technology class that generally favors the underdog (not all underdogs are good, but you take what you can get)

I would love to read a more detailed explanation of what you mean here and how you think crypto can counteract what he’s describing.