I'm not sure there's anything wrong with demanding the existing power structure do what's right. If we think that's more important than subsidiarity, that would be a problem.

Bitcoin fixes thi…… Wait no it doesn’t

Pardons are just a Band-Aid on centralization. Real change comes from building systems that don’t rely on mercy.

How is this an indication of centralization? Just means a decentralized version of their sevices needs to be built

Sure, but let's push hard for this one, as the seemingly natural right to evolve privacy inherent with today's paper and coin to native internet currency is a huge 'then they fight you' moment while we're fatigued by spam wars

But where did the problem come from in the first place? I guess the decentralized approach would be to bust them out of prison 😄