🔒 Why Sovereign Platforms Are "Hard" to Build
Why Sovereign Platforms Are “Hard” to Build
Decentralized, sovereign platforms are often dismissed as clunky, slow, or inferior to traditional SaaS. This essay argues that these perceived flaws are not technical failures — they are symptoms of deeper non-technical resistance: cultural, economic, and psychological. Building sovereign systems is hard because they challenge power, incentives, and expectations.
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