• Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      A centralized platform providing infrastructure could be financed using a tax on every internet subscription.

      • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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        23 minutes ago

        That’s actually not a bad idea, but who would hold that money? Elon and Ron DeSantis showed that anyone can just waltz into a government office and steal all their money.

    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I agree. I’m not thinking about USA at all.

      As for the EU, we should fund a federated or decentralised system. I think it works well on Lemmy. For example I know not to trust feddit.org for anything related to Palestine. Content on other servers shows their pro-Israel bias.

      I think a system like that could benefit the US to a point, at least until the government block all external news and commentary.