what if it isn't that centralization or decentralization is good or bad so much as it's that decentralization is the motte and centralization is the bailey
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Replying to @chaosprime
I think it's the other way around but you're definitely onto something
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Replying to @weebertarian
oh, yeah, it is i had it right the first time too but then i logically inverted myself out of it trying to check my work jesus
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Replying to @chaosprime
Haha, you don't exactly strike me as a closet statist so I was twisting my brain into knots trying to figure out what your reasoning was
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Replying to @weebertarian
well without trying to unravel the fucking metaphor again, what i was thinking about was how centralized goods distribution centers also become centralized coronavirus distribution centers, showing how high value nodes inherently incentivize their own subversion
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Replying to @chaosprime @weebertarian
so in from that angle, centralization is whichever one is the "hey let's make hay while the sun shines" part of the metaphor and decentralization is the "let's hunker down and defend ourselves" one
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motte: "motte and bailey" bailey: some metaphor whose components have well-grounded meaning for someone born after the 17th century
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