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As it further percolates through my brain this video is solidifying my view that digital ads are directly a specifically colonizing force for capitalism on the internet... Chronotope/1587494731549908993
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The specific transformation of spaces that were intentionally not owned and treated communally into commercial capitalist spaces seems almost always enabled by advertising and often using much of the same rhetoric and techniques of colonization.
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The duel forces of starvation of resources for those who don't comply & rhetoric of freedom being used to provide rhetorical cover for endless unstoppable abuse of the system working as intended is prob something that doesn't spell a great future for anything operating at scale.
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The spate of un-commercialized social platforms for example, will almost definitely be threatened by the forces of capital one way or another. It makes me worry about the anti-ad stance in a lot of these spaces. On one hand: problem correctly identified. Yet: solution not.
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The mistake I think they are making is assuming that ads are *only* a business model when the correct approach would be to understand that they are the spear-tip of a philosophic model. Prob need to write a blog about this.
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Short version: if you build a model that allows anyone to say anything and you moderate it against hate speech--or don't moderate it, the case for moderating against commercial speech becomes difficult to enforce and inevitably rhetoric brings action. Chronotope/1290637302881026048
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I wish I knew more about anti-imperialism practices and successes. Gotta build a reading list. Any suggestions?
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Short of inciting revolutionary action (which... some instances are doing) Mastodon is not going to defeat capitalism. But open free access predicated on infrastructure run with money means inevitably ads are going to happen...
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In that situation I am wondering if the right move is to examine the goals of the project around 'no ads' - which is really 'no surveillance' - and execute a defense maneuver to protect privacy while establishing a safe outlet for capitalists with a private ad product.
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On one hand I would prefer to push everyone towards the correct conclusion that capitalism is bad, on the other hand there are meaningful improvements to our lives we might be able to create between now and the end of capitalism.
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Like if my choices are between a sustainable fediverse that presents a reasonable and useful replacement to closed platforms vs waiting until the revolution comes while struggling under closed source walled gardens... I'd prefer a working fediverse?
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Def worth putting on the blog queue. Chronotope/1583080558241775616
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