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Illegal where? You can't run a federated system and keep it functioning AND legal everywhere all the time. There are 100s of jurisdictions, each of them constantly changing the rules.
The fediverse is set up somewhere in the grey zone. It has all the disadvantages of decentralized system (has to communicate with untrusted peers), while also having all the disadvantages of centralized system (having childish admins, who are also bound by their local jurisdictions).
The general direction is good, and the p2p ecosystem is better than a decade ago, but this is still not the final form, I'm afraid.
I'm just glad that there's a ton of money at stake in the big league, and large ISPs can't afford to act like this most of the time.
Yes this is a honest concern, I tend to agree that there should be more freedom here, and things like piracy should be allowed. As well as total free speech, none of that paradox of tolerance bullshit everyone is trying to push whenever they want to censor someone.
However, I think though we can all agree that child abuse and CP is not allowed.
You can find an instance that supports the things you agree with (piracy and freedom in your case)
How is that bullshit?
Because it's just a thought experiment that is taken dogmatically, while in reality is just used by fascists to censor the free speech
So, you have no arguments against it, you just don't like that people use it to shut out intolerant discourse?
By the way, it's not "just a thought experiment". It's a philosophical principle that Popper put out there as self-preservation for democratic societies. You can argue its merits all you want, but you haven't so far.
It's a thought experiment that was born out of the fucking Nuremberg Trials, you pillock. It was a reflection of what we did wrong as humanity. It's hardly just some essay some bloke wrote. FFS pick up a history book once or twice.
Uncomfortable seeing “free speech is a good thing “ downvoted