While I am for a capitalistic free and fair market, look what power and greed lead to (Amazon, Walmart, investment firms, Airlines, legal, and anything else “Big 4” or “Big 6”). One may argue that “large companies have the manpower to innovate” true, but so does an open source platform… probably more efficient and less bureaucratic that way as well. Or “big companies do work in bulk thus making products cheaper or more efficiently” true, though that comes with a price. The price being push out the small guys because the big company can do it cheaper. But when does this “cost and resource saving” efficiency cut into quality? All for an extra raise for the few within the company?
Decentralization would allow for EVERYONE to compete fairly without one single entity holding controls
Open source allows for EVERYONE to help improve and reduces back end fuckery with transparency.
I believe this is why some governments HATE crypto. I also believe that this is the way of the future. Disagree?? State your objections.
I agree on this completely.
One interesting angle I saw on this today related to the 0% ghost gun story.
By owning a CNC machine and ordering metal bars, one can manufacture whatever they want, including guns. The design and build plans are open source and can be updated with new models. With a CNC and a 3D printer, nearly anything can be manufactured.
If SHTF, how nice will it be to be able to build what you need at home? Small, local manufactures could make all sorts of wares and sell or trade them for things of value that others make, hunt, fish, or grow.
You can fairly easily, all things considered in a SHTF scenario, make little micro-communities with a few different small scale manufacturing setups.
I picture an old world village where you have the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, etc. There could be utensil makers, gun makers, knife makers, small engine part makers, etc.
All decentralized, all open source.