Valve has a democratic horizontal structure, its doing very well. I'd also argue they produced some of the best games ever made. However they are run on deeply capitalist principles and that makes them exploit their users (as has been laid out in numerous articles by many people). The problem isn't democracy (or even the lack of it) so much as capitalism, which encourages tyranny because being tyrannical is profitable - and its the same argument pro capitalists used against so called socialist leaders - they become corrupted by money. But so do capitalists, which is why nobody can name a large high value corporation that does not behave tyrannical.
I said capitalism is tyrannical. Starting my own capitalist company would not disprove this, however democratic it was.
I think a good way to think about this is to turn it around. Whatever your job is - operating a machine, handling a certain kind of documents, etc. - do you think it could be done better through democracy within the company than by yourself? You who obviously have the education and/or talent for it, since you were hired, and the first-hand experience of doing it for however long you've been doing it.
Probably not. And just the time it would take to vote on every button to push, every word to write, etc. would slow things down considerably.
The same goes for the people deciding. That's their job, and if they don't do it properly, they, just like you, risk not getting a raise, getting a pay cut, or being fired. Only not by a superior in the company, but by the market.
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I never said democracy was a good idea. I just pointed out that without it you have usually get tyranny. And that (from a societal point of view) is worse. But throw in Capitalism and that ususally becomes guaranteed. Name a large high value corporation that isn't tyrannical.
You either buy google or apple. Little choice, and nobody (and I mean NOBODY ) agrees with all their terms and conditions ie nobody thinks they are good, fair and reasonable - they have no choice if they want a mobile phone. And other companies just can't compete with their nefarious monopoly, and where they try most can't afford to buy.
OK, thats fine, if you oppose democracy. Maybe you are right. BUT its still tyranny.
What does that have to do with the price of fish?
I've read the T and Cs, alby is not decentralized.
I have no problem with libertarians, just capitalist libertarians. Anarchists are the true libertarians, they don't force people into slavery neither do they impose their socialism on others. Capitalism always leads to power imbalances which leads quickly to tyranny.
Its capitalists that create tyranny. How many workplaces are democratic? Capitalism is a religion forced on most of the world.
Alby and WoS is KYC. Almost nobody, not even most bitcoiners run their own nodes. Theres no furture economy dependent on people running their own LN nodes. And you know it,
It is for 90% I suspect. But even when it isn't, in 10+years how many things have been bouagh and sold with bitcoin that don't require an intermediary 3rd party exchange with fiat - that requires paying taxes or doing something illegal? What exactly ARE you planning to do with your bitcoin, because you can't buy anything except drugs and fiat?
Many nations are going to follow suite, this is why bitcoin is a terrible store of value. It needs to increase by 40% just to break even on what you have before this legislation is introduced. Bitcoin sucks.
Proprietary KYC crap doesn't count. ESPECIALLY for multiple account use!
What are zaps for, is this some kind of business model? Is it necessary, why does every single nostr client have them?
It entirely depends on which phone brand you use. Almost every android OS is a proprietary hacked system, most people have no idea how secure their phone is because much of it is not actually open sourced.
As we struggle with spam and other trust, safety, and moderation issues in Nostr folks might find looking at what’s happening in Bluesky to be interesting. Lots of similar problems, different solutions.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/09-18-2024-trust-safety-update
Bluesky solutions sounds awful, worse than old twitter.
Yes, but the thing they hate even more than Elon and free speech, and what they also hate share with non-liberals, libertarians and most people on earth is CRYPTO. Crypto is killing nostr.
well said. mister_monster does not seem to be engaging in good faith. Funny, because that is also something Marx says is necessary to maintain capitalisms hold over the poor - lying and cheating is the fastest way to get rich.