This guy is brilliant…fairly long piece but a glimpse of the NEAR future of the internet…and It’s Good

“it’s time we abandoned the misbegotten idea of “too important to be left to free markets” and realized that creating the real public square, commerce, money, and internet are too important NOT to be left to free markets. there is no one we can trust to control these systems, so we must design systems that are not controlled by anyone.”

“but this only happens if we move out of the house. it is the very pressure created by the current crop of internet barons trying to censor and fleece us, compounded by their gleeful entrée into partisan politics and of partisan politicians into internet media that provides the impetus for the next stage in the internet’s evolution. yes, it’s going to be a messy next 3 years. yes, there is a lot of work to be done. yes, we have to do this all the way down to layer one as we cannot leave even the pipes in their control. but yes, it’s going to get done. it’s the market-clearing solution. inviting “more government” into this evolution just tightens the ties between media and state that are already being used to such unfortunately fascist and partisan effect. it increases our dependence on both, prevents our development of the tools we need to truly gain greater and lasting freedom, and fortifies the very walls from which we must escape.

the enemies of free speech and human agency are making a serious mistake, and as sun-tzu advises us, we should not interrupt them.

every time they crack down and play dirty and place ever-more-visible thumbs ever more prominently upon the scales, they are driving more and more people into the “let’s get out of here” camp.”

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/a-cats-tale-how-getting-canceled

Fully’s comment…It’s like I’ve been saying…”They” are herding cats

The Cat Man needs to adopt this as a motto 🙂

“THEY” cannot control the 8 Billion of us unless we want them to…and more and more…every day…we DON’T

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Final word from the Cat man

evolution comes from pressure, not from coddling, and there is so much energy in this system ready to become. it’s the sound and fury that will come to signify everything. we should not impede this; we should put our shoulders in and move it forward. we need not topple today’s edifices, merely step away from them. in the end, they need us, not we them.

remember what actual freedom looks like: its roots lie in self-reliance, not convoluted permission.

remember that, and this future becomes certain.

and this future is bright.