# We don't need him

By [danny adkins](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjoyce) · 2021-12-21

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![Daily Mail, December 2000](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9bc61f157b5719a31be3076fc786ac4bf37fbda0488f5fb9e35439c03d062b06.jpg)

Daily Mail, December 2000

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The circus has left town.

The ex-CEO of Twitter, now a Bitcoin maxi, is now

Jack Dorsey has always been idiosyncratic among tech giants, from his

Looking for approval from web2 incumbents is an empty undertaking.

Free Jack is a beautiful thing. Since leaving Twitter, it’s become apparent that the company’s aversion to censorship was because it was founder-led: immediately following his resignation, Twitter [enacted a major change to its image moderation policy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/01/twitter-photo-policy/).

**Are there alternatives to web3? Yes.**

The crux of Jack’s critique is that web3 is an unnecessarily hyperfinancialized spin on decentralization. He agrees on the core tenets of decentralization: permissionless access. Through Block, he’s funding efforts to build decentralized identity

The word “web3” is like a Rorschack test.

It’s important to remember that one of web3’s fundamental value props is the issuance of ownership to anyone, seamlessly.

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At the end of the day, the ex-CEO of Twitter, now a BTC maxi, is arguing with thousands about the most effective approach to decentralization.

Decentralization will take dozens of different forms. That’s by design. It’s because we’re free.

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*Originally published on [danny adkins](https://paragraph.com/@jamesjoyce/we-don-t-need-him)*