"Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder."
A kernel of truth that the average suitcoiner, and in some cases even Bitcoiner, either doesn't understand or cares little for. Decentralization is more than just a buzzword but it's a mindset that resists "because i said so" type of capture from credentialed experts and the institutions they represent.
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