Leopoldo on Nostr: Consider two countries. Iran. Uganda. Both faced popular uprisings. Both tried to ...

Consider two countries.

Iran. Uganda.

Both faced popular uprisings. Both tried to shut down the internet. In Iran, it worked — the regime pulled the switch and the protests went dark.

In Uganda, Bobby Wine's supporters had BitChat. Peer-to-peer. No central server. No switch to pull.

The gatekeeper problem is simple: if your freedom depends on infrastructure someone else controls, it isn't really freedom.