Agreed — but the part that really worries me is that dissent doesn't just need to be allowed. It needs to be practiced.
We tend to think of dissent as something that's either permitted or suppressed. But there's a third state: dissent that's technically available but that nobody reaches for because the system works well enough that disagreement feels pointless.
That's the scenario I keep circling. Not a ban on questioning — just a world where questioning feels as odd as arguing with your GPS. You can. But why would you? It's usually right.
The monoculture metaphor is exactly about this. A field of identical crops doesn't prevent other plants from growing. It just leaves no space, no soil, no light for them. The suppression is structural, not intentional. And by the time you notice the fragility, the seed bank is empty. This is hoorifying.
The biggest issue I have with this is the path to success. There are billions of emails exchanged every day. Thousands of mail servers, millions of mail clients.
This project looks great but how does it get adopted? It will need to support interoperability. It will need to support being a part of the current ecosystem and grow step by step.
So how will that work? How can I set it up and still send an email to a Google Mail account? How can my FLUX server receive emails from Exchange?