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idk it's my first time (kind of) trying to do dataviz, I thought the original post was super interesting but like other comments said, it was hard to read.

I think in a way it's mostly because defederation is complex to show as links, since it is the break of said link, but hopefully this type of graph is better ?

you do lose the "group" of instances view, though (and also I did not bother with per instance MAU as raw number + percentage, or sofware used)

let me know what you think!

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[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

but for example Switzerland? How is this country authoritarian?

Every state is going to be authoritarian, if I had to choose I personally prefer a workers dictatorship to a dictatorship of capital.

[–] yoru77@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Every state is going to be authoritarian

Ummm..... Any source other than: "trust me"?

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

you're asking for a 'source' on a foundational axiom of political theory. do you want a source for 'all governments have laws' too?

a state is defined by its monopoly on violence, enforcing that is inherently authoritarian.

switzerland has police, prisons, borders and is structured around protection of capital and property rights.

'democracy' under capitalism reflects the interests and prejudices of those with property. it is plenty authoritarian if you are not in that class.

[–] yoru77@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

After this comment, I don't believe we hold the same definition for "authoritarian", and doing mini research, yeah... I don't think we could come to an understanding, have a good day!

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

mine is an anarchist one, I would like to imagine that after a year on an anarchist instance you would at least have some understanding, but maybe i'm just too hopeful