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@ William
2025-05-19 12:49:35
Naturally, from the seeds of modern civilizations in Sumer 6.000 years ago till nowdays nation-states, power centralization is the norm.
For the first time in 6.000 years we have truly decentralized money (#Bitcoin), a decentralized information network (World Wide Web) and social media (#Nostr).
If we make an analogy with natural selection, the environmental boundary conditions favored strong centralized power structures. With decentralized technology this starts to change. That's why governments are freaking out with the level of freesom the internet and bitcoin give to its citizens.
If even with this power structure we still have volunteer firefighters depending on 55% central government, I can only imagine what kind of power and organization structures we will have with decentralized technologies paving the way.
So, again, the direct correlation of firefighter and taxes is a fallacy equivalent to a XIX century person saying "we only have economical development because of institutionalized slavery".