Re: [arch-d] possible new IAB programme on Internet resilience

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 11:53:03AM +0100,
 Vittorio Bertola <[e-mail]> wrote 
 a message of 44 lines which said:

> However, the fact that a proper, effective, global policy-making
> body for the Internet does not exist will not make the need for it
> disappear.

Yes, it would be cool if it existed. But it does not, so we have to do
without it (instead of wasting time arguing that such a body would help).

> This is a consequence of the Internet community failing to establish
> an effective global policy-making mechanism in parallel to the very
> effective global technical standardization mechanism,

One of the reasons for this situation is that there is no such thing
as an "Internet community". People using the Internet, and even the
subset of people contributing directly to the IETF, are not a
political party, a religion, a cult or a tribe. They are very diverse,
and, for instance, have very different political opinions (some work
on better censorship tools and some on better anti-censorship
tools...)

> and on top of it, taking decisions and embracing policies that would
> never reach consensus in the broader circle of non-technical
> Internet stakeholders.

Nothing can "reach consensus in the broader circle of non-technical
Internet stakeholders", they are too diverse.