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I really like the philosophy of Gemini. One thing I'm scared of is that it'll become another technology used only to create a bunch of "look, I too have a Gemini page now!" pages without any meaningful interaction happening. Perhaps I'm wrong and it's going to be a nice place to hang out. Let's hope so!
I've been reading Colin Ward's 'Anarchy in Action' and in it he talks quite often about decentralization and building political structures based on federalism. While I do agree that in many cases both of these ideas are sound ways of anarchic organisation, I'm worried that focusing too much on decentralisation might be a red herring. Like many-a-tankies who advocate for a multipolar world, what matters is not whether political power is centralised, but whether it's distributed equally among all the people. Imagine a federated network of thousands of tiny mini-states, each having their own absolute monarch. Now, compare it to a polity like the planet Anarres of Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' where some parts of 'the social organism' are incredibly centralised (for instance, the name-giving and work/play-assigning machinery) yet the control over them is common. My point being, let us not accidentally push for feudalism in the name of decentralisation and federalism. These are simply tactics, tools in our toolbox, not the end goal.
Reminder for myself: in (political) conversations, meet people where they're at. Use language they understand. Put yourself in their head. In most cases, stay within the boundaries of a discussion, conversation. Plant seeds of ideas, instead of forcing them into agreement. Debate is useful only among people who know each other well and are mostly on the same page. Debate is for refining already held ideas, not a much for changing viewpoints. Never go into arguments. They do more harm than good. If you feel you cannot put yourself in the same headspace as your dialogue partner (e.g. they hold very harmful beliefs), just do not engage.
P.S. Based on https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=hhxY3dRzabY
Ha! I did not abandon this page for a (full) year.
To make it a self-fulfilling prophecy, I'll leave this page as a "look, I too have a Gemini page now!" page until I find something interesting to do with it.
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