omarvgws on Nostr: I have just read this perspective on decentralisation, and whilst it makes a valid ...

I have just read this perspective on decentralisation, and whilst it makes a valid point about technical friction, it overlooks something fundamental.

Yes, building in decentralisation is hard. But this difficulty is not a flaw to be silenced with a “just build” mentality; it is the very evidence that we are dismantling a status quo designed to be comfortable for a select few.

The risk of this kind of messaging is that it normalises ideological surrender. Few truly grasp the actual nature of the problem behind CENTRALISATION: it is not merely an infrastructure issue, but a matter of sovereignty, control, and value extraction.

Building is necessary, but doing so without understanding the underlying philosophical battle condemns us to replicate the exact same systems, merely with new technology.

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nevent1q…27s8

Decentralization is fucking hard.
It's hard for designers.
It's hard for developers.
It's hard for infrastructure runners.
It's hard. All of it.

But fighting and arguing doesn't make it any less hard. All it does is divide us and put us against one another.

We have enough problems trying to change the world and enough adversaries already. We don't need to make ones in our own ecosystem.

That is just not the way forward.

Seek solutions.

Push the conversation forward.

Discuss things in the open.

But most importantly.

Just. Fucking. Build.

#Decentralisation #DigitalSovereignty #CriticalThinking