{"author":{"username":"aviationdoctor","displayName":"Thomas","fid":7237},"timestamp":"2026-10-28T15:49:07.000Z","text":"Network states can’t have a police force, because that’s a prerogative of physical sovereignty.\n\nSo, their power must come from something other than physical violence (or the threat thereof).\n\nTraditionally, that alternate source of power has been cultural hegemony: the hijacking of beliefs, norms, values, and mores for the benefit of the rulers, at the expense of diversity and freedom of thought.\n\nAn onchain purity pledge is just a manifestation of that.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony","farcaster":"https://farcaster.xyz/aviationdoctor/0x2bbe7f942e03dd898a6e0849583788b07c27e083","firefly":"https://firefly.social/post/farcaster/0x2bbe7f942e03dd898a6e0849583788b07c27e083"}