Cancel Yourself

[Ed. Note: Back on July 9th, 2020, Mr. Krieger published, “Farewell… For Now,” and declared his intention to quit writing. I’ve continued my daily checking for new updates, because just like herpes and HIV, people who really believe in Liberty never go away. Welcome back, Mike.]

by Michael Krieger
Liberty Blitzkrieg

[…] This isn’t how I intended to return to writing. There was supposed to be a new website and a new focus, but circumstances emerged and laid waste to my plans. So here I am, back again. I’m a bit rusty so bear with me.

There’s no reason to rehash what happened over the last several days, but the gist of it is that significant components of internet infrastructure were weaponized for ideological and political purposes. If we’re being honest with ourselves, we all knew this day was coming. We just didn’t want to admit it or confront it, because it’s not a comforting or easy thing to admit or confront. But the day has arrived and we’re no longer in a position to ignore it. The most concerning aspect isn’t that it happened, but that it could happen at all. The internet is clearly broken, possibly dying, and if we want to digitally associate freely again at some point in the future, we have no choice but to fix it.

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