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Asking someone if they support violence is like asking if they support the coriolis effect. It’s a fact of life, not just for humans but every living thing, that we have to deal with sometimes. It’s a nonsensical question in most contexts.
Better to ask if someone supports self-defense against violence.
In this case, if they support self-defense against institutional violence.
Although, I think the answer to the barrier to entry is to be less concerned with making federated services feel like centralized apps, more concerned with rebranding server select as the advantage that it actually is. Educate those people.