Clinical RawlsianRead every word of this banger from @pluralistic. It captures perfectly what I've been thinking about Mastodon, Twitter, the Fediverse, social networks, and the web generally. https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/23/semipermeable-membranes/#free-as-in-puppies
D. Creemer@MadMadMadMadRN this is a great companion to Valente’s essay - thanks for linking to it.
It’s so ironic that we in the West have been taught for generations about the advantages of democratic systems over (sometimes) benevolent dictatorships, but then fail to see the need to apply it to other avenues of life