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   Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 06:26:20 JST Steve Randy Waldman

   [new draft post] What does it mean to have no kings? https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/11/13/what-does-it-mean-to-have-no-kings/index.html

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 08:43:10 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Hyolobrika

     @interfluidity @Hyolobrika True! Though the book also makes a strong case that the practices of governance in online communities has created a template for authoritarian politics at the national level.

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     Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 08:43:11 JST Steve Randy Waldman

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     @Hyolobrika i'm a big fan of @ntnsndr i haven't read the book, but from a glance, it looks like he is advocating ways of strengthening democratic habits via civil society, participation in lots more democratic spaces, ideally personally and socially consequential, which i agree would help a lot, render us better at being part of a constitutional democracy.

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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 08:43:12 JST Hyolobrika

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     @ntnsndr thinks democracy can be improved by implementing it in more places, such as online.
     https://nathanschneider.info/books/governable-spaces/
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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 08:43:13 JST Hyolobrika

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     @interfluidity how would you create constitutional democracy?
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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 08:57:16 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @interfluidity @Hyolobrika And then, before long, the former president becomes a sysadmin and, by teaming up with another sysadmin, becomes president again.

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     Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 08:57:18 JST Steve Randy Waldman

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     @ntnsndr @Hyolobrika on face, that seems like a reasonable hypothesis! maybe in the open source world, we grew too comfortable with “benevolent dictator for life”. and obviously, surveillant commercial platforms.