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Hamish Campbell
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Freedom is not mine or yours. It’s ours, or it isn’t freedom at all

The illusion of modern society is that freedom is only individualistic, when our freedom is in truth interconnected with the well-being of everyone. This is one of the central pushes of the #deathcult - the mess of #neoliberalism we still live and work inside. It tells us that we are free as consumers, that choice equals' liberation, and that personal success is the highest form of virtue.

But this is a hollow freedom. What kind of liberty exists when every interaction is transactional, […]

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Hamish Campbell
@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp last week

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Freedom is not mine or yours. It’s ours, or it isn’t freedom at all

The illusion of modern society is that freedom is only individualistic, when our freedom is in truth interconnected with the well-being of everyone. This is one of the central pushes of the #deathcult - the mess of #neoliberalism we still live and work inside. It tells us that we are free as consumers, that choice equals' liberation, and that personal success is the highest form of virtue.

But this is a hollow freedom. What kind of liberty exists when every interaction is transactional, […]

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hamish campbell
@hamishcampbell@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The roadblocks to change are #Stupidindividualism and the #Deathcult that breeds it. What keeps this hard to see is the petty politics and personal grudges, as micro-level sabotage, let’s be honest, some people would burn the future to win a petty feud https://hamishcampbell.com/the-roadblocks-to-change-stupidindividualism-and-the-deathcult-that-breeds-it/

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@volkris@qoto.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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Social control? Sounds like you just brought up a completely different topic.

But again, you say it's about being isolated but now it's about social control which is the opposite of isolation... I really think you need to think this thing through more, because it sounds like you're buying into some ideas that people are telling you that contradict each other.

It's pretty incoherent, especially with the individualism versus social dynamic it can't be both ways. And in the real world, it's not.

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@hamishcampbell@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@volkris @info

Looked at the post agen, makes sense, yes it's not from the liberal #mainstreaming It's why it's there, we do have to think different.

Am pretty qualified to talk about these issues as in a past life have an MA in politics and socially, ave actively worked in the area of grassroots #openweb tech for 30 yeas.

The point is our isolation is a part of the social control, Maye look at the hashtag #stupidindividualism

umm, let's not turn this into trolling please :)

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@witchescauldron@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The #mainstreaming is hallucinating. Let’s be very blunt, these people are not important as individuals. What matters is the path they push us down. The “commonsense” they sell is poison. Every time we let them set the frame, our spaces collapse back into #stupidindividualism or #NGO capture. https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mainstreaming-communication-is-hallucinating/

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@witchescauldron@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The #mainstreaming is hallucinating. Let’s be very blunt, these people are not important as individuals. What matters is the path they push us down. The “commonsense” they sell is poison. Every time we let them set the frame, our spaces collapse back into #stupidindividualism or #NGO capture. https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mainstreaming-communication-is-hallucinating/

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@witchescauldron@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Now, in the era of #stupidindividualism, which path do you think most people are taking? Yeah. That one. On being a prat in tech and social spaces (Yes, this might be about you 😘) https://hamishcampbell.com/on-being-a-prat-in-tech-and-social-spaces-yes-this-is-likely-about-you-%f0%9f%98%98/

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Now, in the era of #stupidindividualism, which path do you think most people are taking? Yeah. That one. On being a prat in tech and social spaces (Yes, this might be about you 😘) https://hamishcampbell.com/on-being-a-prat-in-tech-and-social-spaces-yes-this-is-likely-about-you-%f0%9f%98%98/

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It’s Not About You

We live in an era where everything tends to be framed in personal terms: your brand, your feed, your truth. This is from the ideology of #stupidindividualism witch tells us that the highest form of freedom is to curate a bubble and call it a life. But this is the common sense illusion, the mess we need to compost. When I say “it’s not about you”, I don’t mean you don’t matter. I mean: you really matter in relation to others. You, in society, in collectives, in struggles that go […]

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“Your Party” and the Fluffy/Spiky debate – a working path

Fluffy side: cautious, slow-moving, grounded in “keeping the peace” and managing optics. Classic problem: avoidance of conflict means bottlenecking decisions, blocking energy, and trying to centralise control, so things don’t blow up. Spiky side: impatient, direct, “get it done” energy. Spikiness pushes things forward, but often burns bridges, creating splits and mistrust. Neither path alone works – one stalls out, the other fragments. Their clash in the UK “Your Party”, just […]

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It’s Not About You

We live in an era where everything tends to be framed in personal terms: your brand, your feed, your truth. This is from the ideology of #stupidindividualism witch tells us that the highest form of freedom is to curate a bubble and call it a life. But this is the common sense illusion, the mess we need to compost. When I say “it’s not about you”, I don’t mean you don’t matter. I mean: you really matter in relation to others. You, in society, in collectives, in struggles that go […]

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“Your Party” and the Fluffy/Spiky debate – a working path

Fluffy side: cautious, slow-moving, grounded in “keeping the peace” and managing optics. Classic problem: avoidance of conflict means bottlenecking decisions, blocking energy, and trying to centralise control, so things don’t blow up. Spiky side: impatient, direct, “get it done” energy. Spikiness pushes things forward, but often burns bridges, creating splits and mistrust. Neither path alone works – one stalls out, the other fragments. Their clash in the UK “Your Party”, just […]

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@witchescauldron@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Add your thoughts in the comments: What Blocks the progressive path? The roadblocks to change are #Stupidindividualism and the #Deathcult that breeds it https://hamishcampbell.com/the-roadblocks-to-change-stupidindividualism-and-the-deathcult-that-breeds-it/

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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Western Buddhists

This is too often the normal issue of spiritual consumerism, that meany Western Buddhists treat Buddhism as a lifestyle brand, meditation apps, yoga retreats, mindfulness at work. It gets packaged and sold as “wellness,” stripped of its history, politics, and social context. It’s self-care as consumption, not transformation.

This is the normal pushing of individualism over community. Where, traditional Buddhism is about Sangha (community). Westerners, raised on #stupidindividualism, […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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Western Buddhists

This is too often the normal issue of spiritual consumerism, that meany Western Buddhists treat Buddhism as a lifestyle brand, meditation apps, yoga retreats, mindfulness at work. It gets packaged and sold as “wellness,” stripped of its history, politics, and social context. It’s self-care as consumption, not transformation.

This is the normal pushing of individualism over community. Where, traditional Buddhism is about Sangha (community). Westerners, raised on #stupidindividualism, […]

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The #OMN is a simple project

Composting the #techshit is about:

Raw waste → The constant flood of mainstreaming, broken promises of #dotcons, bad-faith #NGO capture, shallow “innovation theatre.” This is the smelly mess we are swimming in.

Shovel work → Activists and communities don’t just sit in the mess. We turn it over, exposing the rot, adding oxygen. This is critique, transparency, and the #4opens in action.

Aeration → Sunlight + openness turns stink into something useful. Lies are exposed, corruption […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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The #OMN is a simple project

Composting the #techshit is about:

Raw waste → The constant flood of mainstreaming, broken promises of #dotcons, bad-faith #NGO capture, shallow “innovation theatre.” This is the smelly mess we are swimming in.

Shovel work → Activists and communities don’t just sit in the mess. We turn it over, exposing the rot, adding oxygen. This is critique, transparency, and the #4opens in action.

Aeration → Sunlight + openness turns stink into something useful. Lies are exposed, corruption […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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In tech, it is really important, to see the unit of measure

Most software today = individualist. Even “collective” tools (Fediverse servers, enterprise SaaS, etc.) are just abstractions that aggregate individuals. The default assumption is the liberal subject: the sovereign individual. The infrastructure is built for self-expression, personal feeds, private chats, me, me, me. That’s why for example, when you step into libertarian codebases like #nostr, the smell of #stupidindividualism is everywhere.Communities are treated as “groups of […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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In tech, it is really important, to see the unit of measure

Most software today = individualist. Even “collective” tools (Fediverse servers, enterprise SaaS, etc.) are just abstractions that aggregate individuals. The default assumption is the liberal subject: the sovereign individual. The infrastructure is built for self-expression, personal feeds, private chats, me, me, me. That’s why for example, when you step into libertarian codebases like #nostr, the smell of #stupidindividualism is everywhere.Communities are treated as “groups of […]

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