This is something that's only going to be worse if the tech industry gets their way. You'll no longer have a computer. You'll have dumb terminals that allow you to subscribe to cloud compute and the internet will be so locked down the only thing you can do is buy shit on Amazon.

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“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

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We need to be able to distinguish what function gatekeeping serves, not have a general moratorium in it

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This is why at the extreme end white nationalists often latch on to Safe Space policies by trying to create white pride communities and using liberal language to justify them - they recognise these things are power building for minorities and they can neutralise that by imitating it.

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Yes people wield social capital in this way. Social groups adhering to particular ethical codes of conduct also wield collective refusal and joint preference for association in this way. My point was "gatekeeping" is ethically speaking not the relevant component of this, the power structure is.

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