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I've increasingly taken the attitude that digital media is simply lost to corporate interests and there's nothing we can do about it aside from not spending mon
by MangoToupe 1y ago
I've increasingly taken the attitude that digital media is simply lost to corporate interests and there's nothing we can do about it aside from not spending money or time on the internet.
- ACCount37 1y agoNo, "not spending money or time" is utterly worthless. It has zero leverage. Even if you could convince 1 person in 1000 to do that, you'd represent 0.1%. And that "1 in 1000" is hopelessly optimistic as it is. If you want to change the world, "individual action" should be at the very last place in your list of actions to take.
- anonym29 1y ago>If you want to change the world, "individual action" should be at the very last place in your list of actions to take. The heliocentric model began with one person out of the entire population of earth having the courage to publicly, loudly, and assertively disagree with TPTB.
- iso1631 1y agoPresuming you're talking Europe only, are you talking Copernicus? Brahe? Kepler? Galileo? You know that the heliocentric model had been discussed 2000 years earlier in Europe.
- cess11 1y agoGuessing this might be interpreted by some as a reference to Galileo so I'll take the opportunity to mention Against Method. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Method
- ACCount37 1y agoLet's assume that correct. Now, what did that "one person" do? Just reject the idea of Earth being the center of the universe? Or actually seek ways to make an alternate model more accepted? "Individual action" is fucking worthless. But not all types of activism are.
- MangoToupe 1y agoMy point was not about changing the world but having a pleasant consumer experience. My local library works just fine for just the cost of my tax dollars.