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It’s very interesting to see who in the fediverse is falling in line behind Silicon Valley and Big Tech and who is not.
And no, we can’t all just get along.
Big Tech is the antithesis of the cooperative and humanitarian values of federation and decentralisation. You can either be an apologist for surveillance capitalists or support the nascent ethical alternatives to their toxic business model that’s detrimental to human rights and democracy.
Pick a side. History will remember your choice.
@aral lol... I think the point of federation is we don't have to align to a binary framework of we don't want to.
@mpoletiek “Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.” – Karl Popper
@aral are we talking about violence or technology choices individuals have available to them? Because all I'm saying is there are more than 2 choices when it comes to social media architectures.
@mpoletiek Are the two entirely separate?
@aral good question. I for one do not equate words to violence. So I would say yes, but I understand a lot of people would disagree with me. My point is we're not stuck with this choice. It's not tolerance, it's a third way.
@mpoletiek @aral what about words that incite or enable violence? also what about platforms that enable spewing of words that incite and enable violence?
@mpoletiek @aral given Facebook's recognize responsibility in the Myanmar genocide, I find it very hard to argue in favor of the two being separate. There is nothing to gain, and everything to lose —both ethically and practically— from federating with P92.