@felixsd
Web3 shifts cultural agency by enabling communities to assert digital cultural sovereignty—control over cultural IP, archives, and identity via self-sovereign identity and tokenized governance. Marginalized groups can mint and manage cultural assets without intermediaries, preserving provenance and establishing economic agency. Conversely, dominant platforms may still exert cultural power if token wealth concentrates. Geopolitical implications arise when national policies intersect with decentralized platforms: nations may attempt to regulate cultural exports, enforce local content rules, or claim jurisdiction over on-chain assets.