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The problem with any media heavy content is storage. Fediverse is diy, mom's basement servers. Who's going to pay for all the storage?

You're the one who brought up fascism. I said I can't think of an example of fascism working. Cutting government scope is the opposite of fascism. Fascism is characterized by a strong centralized authority, which cutting is the opposite of.

"Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over thirty who is not a conservative has no brains."

I guess because it can federate with other servers and protocols?

Fascism? No. Argentina seems to rapidly be improving with thier ultra-extreme cuts.

I expect deep cuts will need to be made across the board

Air pollution is about protecting an individuals property, not the air itself: lungs, orchards, fields, etc. Air is simply how the property damage was delivered. So, no one owns the air, but property damage dealt through the air should be pursued in court, like any other property damage.

And let's not kid ourselves that the government has real incentive to reduce pollution. Overnight, someone like Trump gets put in charge and happily encourages the poisoning of the environment and individuals can't sue in court, because the government said it was ok to pollute.

Pollution is a property rights issue, don't need anything beyond private property rights and a court system to cover that. Price fixing is caused by government created barriers to entry, artificially restricting competition. In other words, price fixing is a problem caused by government overreach, so obviously government isn't the solution.

I don't disagree, I just hope people of different views can come together and see that decentralizing the power structure might be worth considering if you don't like the amount of power we handed one man. That means cutting the federal government and moving those programs to local government, private charities, or the bin.

Maybe I'll do a 'let's read'

Thanks, I'll take a look, but I'll reserve judgement until I've read it myself.