A Simple Structure To Look At Decentralized Projects

[RooseveltOah]

I want to get some thoughts from the community about this perspective,
I have a simple structure looking at decentralized projects

               Good government  |  Bad government
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For        |                             |
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Against  |                             |
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For good government one can help with catching illegal behaviors, against good government include money laundry, gambling so on and forth
Against bad government is helping Venezuela escape its hyperinflation, we can put intentions in places we see fit.

And of course one can replace government with other centralized entities, governments are just easier for all to imagine

The tricky part is how is good and bad decided? What do you guys think?

[kryptqnick]

I want to get some thoughts from the community about this perspective,
I have a simple structure looking at decentralized projects

               Good government  |  Bad government
—————————————————-————————
For        |                             |
—————————————————————————
Against  |                             |
—————————————————————————-

For good government one can help with catching illegal behaviors, against good government include money laundry, gambling so on and forth
Against bad government is helping Venezuela escape its hyperinflation, we can put intentions in places we see fit.

And of course one can replace government with other centralized entities, governments are just easier for all to imagine

The tricky part is how is good and bad decided? What do you guys think?

You're right about a tricky part being the 'good/bad' distinction, so let's start with that. What's a good government? For me, a good government has the following characteristics:
1. It's acting based on justice (and justice is more or less in the sense that John Rawls had).
2. It protects human rights.
3. It's trying to make sure that the economics of the country is prosperous.
If you take these factors into account, I think a good government would support decentralization (since it allows more freedom and transparency of the processes), whereas the bad government would tend to be totalitarian and would thus be against decentralization. But that's a simplification, of course, and some might reasonably disagree with that.

[mk4]

If you really want something to actually be truly decentralized, unfortunately, people will really be able to use the platform for "bad" things. Because, how can you stop them in the first place? Who decides if your transaction was for an illegal thing or not? If someone has the power to decide and cancel/block your transaction, then it is really not decentralized. Hence, why people are able to use bitcoin for bad things, because it's decentralized.

Now, is that a bad thing? That people are able to use bitcoin for bad things? Sure! But are we going to shun bitcoin just because bad people are able to use it? Of course not! Whatever the technology, bad people can take advantage of. Cars for getaway vehicles, phones for stalking and bomb detonations, and the list goes on.

[RooseveltOah]

I want to get some thoughts from the community about this perspective,
I have a simple structure looking at decentralized projects

               Good government  |  Bad government
—————————————————-————————
For        |                             |
—————————————————————————
Against  |                             |
—————————————————————————-

For good government one can help with catching illegal behaviors, against good government include money laundry, gambling so on and forth
Against bad government is helping Venezuela escape its hyperinflation, we can put intentions in places we see fit.

And of course one can replace government with other centralized entities, governments are just easier for all to imagine

The tricky part is how is good and bad decided? What do you guys think?

You're right about a tricky part being the 'good/bad' distinction, so let's start with that. What's a good government? For me, a good government has the following characteristics:
1. It's acting based on justice (and justice is more or less in the sense that John Rawls had).
2. It protects human rights.
3. It's trying to make sure that the economics of the country is prosperous.
If you take these factors into account, I think a good government would support decentralization (since it allows more freedom and transparency of the processes), whereas the bad government would tend to be totalitarian and would thus be against decentralization. But that's a simplification, of course, and some might reasonably disagree with that.

This can indeed be very tricky, at some point it becomes a philosophical question, justice to one may not be justice to another, economics of a certain country may be prosperous, but means to this end may not be as just.