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RE: How or Why is this Even Allowed?

in #abuse7 years ago

I'm a little conflicted on this. I think I understand what you're saying about an "imaginary hierarchy," in that our worth or status should not be tied to the size of our account. I agree with that.

Still, the term does carry some meaning outside of social status. It is a descriptive reality that the more SP you have the more bandwidth you have and the greater impact your votes have. I am willing to argue that these positions can influence the moral and social responsibility that you have, given the way that it effects how the system runs.

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That's really the biggest problem with decentralization, it becomes this pseudo pure capitalistic thing where the ones who have the most resources has the most power

Absolutely. Decentralization is a form of privatization, which is a capitalist's dream scenario. I think open markets can be magnificent things. But I also know greed will always try to exploit the unregulated nature of those. A great decentralized platform needs to think about how those forces ought to be addressed and have parameters to keep them at a tolerable and functional level.