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RE: LOL: Voice isn't going to be on EOS?
I'm not really worried about how the information is stored (security), but rather how easy it will be to falsify fake identities. If we look at the tenants and ideology of decentralization it's an obvious step in the wrong direction imo.
Would you clarify that idea a bit, please? How are fake identities in contradiction with the tenets and ideology of decentralization or how does that advance something that contradicts the tenets and ideology of decentralization?
I think KYC itself is against the spirit of decentralization. I don't think monetizing personhood is a good idea, and the entire concept of one-person one-vote is flawed to the core. The establishment has already perfected the exploits of one-person one-vote in the form of democratic republics. Anyone with financial resources can simply pay to change the perceptions of a percentage of the masses to align with the agenda presented. Voice is trying to implement a broken system that's already been cracked. Mob rule isn't a good form of governance.
Isn't the way that KYC is contrary to decentralization simply that it enables centralized institutional control? In other words, were there no centralized institution that could use KYC to oppress individuals, then verifiable identity wouldn't be a vector for crimes against humanity. I note my visceral and innate agreement with your statement that monetizing personhood is a bad idea, which is why I ask for greater clarity.
Also, while 1a1v is susceptible to voters being bamboozled, that isn't a problem of voting per se, but rather the power differential between institutions and individuals. Denigrating 1a1v because institutions currently abuse individuals is equivalent to denigrating individuals themselves because of that power differential.
I don't disagree that it's a problem, nor that democracy is presently utterly corrupted by that problem. I disagree that individual sovereignty is the problem. This is why I believe that decentralization increasing the power of individuals is the necessary factor on which the prosperity of our posterity depends.
It is my hope that technological advance will eventually enable these specific challenges to be overcome, and doing so will depend on accurately characterizing them in order to effect that advance. Successfully enabling individuals to understand facts and correctly assess falsehoods is a substantial part of solving the specific problem you note voting suffers, for example.