true. and it is NOT ideology. It is about the performance specs of a technology this tyranny-vs-freedom comparison. It is physics. Flatter network topologies make stronger 'computers'. Tyranny can be regarded as a consensus protocol which reaches one opinion by simply eliminating and suppressing the multitude of opinions. Procrustics. 'if you lack the capacity to handle the traffic, just choke down the traffic' that's what tyranny is from server-client computer network perspective.