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I choose to serve my blog over HTTP, because we need no intermediaries to publish content on the Internet.

Just your ISP, their ISP, your hosting provider (if applicable) and the browser vendor.

Adding in an optional HTTPS there would not greatly increase the amount of intermediaries, though I by no means argue that it matters.

It brings in one central intermediary used by most of the internet, converting a decentralised system to centralised.