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"Oh noes, people in Wokepedia aren't willing to accept my opinion that gravity doesn't work on Fridays!"
If you're really, really invested on 2+2 being five, then 2+2=4 becomes "subjective".
In my opinion Wikipedia being hosted in USA is a liability. Or even being hosted in a single place, whichever it is.
I find it reassuring that Wikipedia is doing it's best to try and maintain truth and accountability. I agree they should be hosted in a different place.
Side thought/my own ramblings here: Has there ever been hosting where the information is scattered across the world rather than one localized spot? That seems like it might be helpful, but I honestly don't know enough about site hosting
I agree about the liability part. My interest was piqued during the so called Twitter files, when reporting was something like the bosses of twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia sat in a weekly (or was it monthly?) meeting, where they were told what controversial topics to "tamp down" on. I found it very weird, especially since I cannot imagine how one "tamps down" on a wikipedia article?
I think the much harder part is how would you go about democratising a website?