@BlueDot There is a direct line from the failure of the US to hold southern insurrectionists responsible after the civil war to the Lost Cause to where we are now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
"Look forward not backward" is surrender to the loser.
I don't want the #Fediverse to grow because I see "growth" as an intrinsic good.
I want the Fediverse to grow because I see commercial social media as a major threat to the long-term survival of human civilization. Thus, we need to replace it - and right now, the Fediverse seems to be the best alternative we have.