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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 3 months ago

"We took it for granted because we stopped listening, we started confining ourselves to bubbles. Which is why I tweeted yesterday about the move off of X, into BlueSky and other platforms, only limits our ability to listen, learn, understand and ingratiate ourselves to others."

#DeanPhillips, Democrat Congressman, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/

Way to miss the point. Yes, *politicians* need to be on X, or anywhere their constituents might be.

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 months ago

Other people might choose to keep using an X account, as part of a strategy of helping more people find their way out of The Matrix of corporate DataFarming. Good on them.

But castigating people for moving to more democratic platforms ignores 2 crucial things; network effects and wellbeing. Staying on a DataFarm run by a known technofascist helps him maintain the network power he bought in order to abuse it, in pursuit of his agendas. Plus it can be corrosive to our mental health.

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 months ago

Having said all that, I think Democrat Congressman Dean Phillips makes some really good points in this issue about the current political culture in the US, and the top-down dysfunction of the Democrats.

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#USPolitics

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 months ago

"If there's not an interest ... to invite different perspectives to the table, start organising this party in a way that would be effective, and have accountability. Have a communications platform ... that unifies messaging instead of silos it. If that doesn't happen, I'm really inspired to help create competition for both parties."

#DeanPhillips, Democrat Congressman, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/

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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 months ago

@strypey gosh. If only such a platform existed...

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 months ago

@lightweight
> If only such a platform existed...

Hehe. Phillips is leaving Congress come the midterms. Maybe his next gig could involve building civic tech on the fediverse? Maybe all it needs is someone to reach out and convince him of the point I made at the top of the thread?

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 3 months ago

"Because few [US]Americans know [both major parties are] both private corporations, that are not accountable to voters, they're accountable to their officers, and just as George Washington warned, in his farewell address in 1796 ... political factions - parties - are putting their putting this country at great risk."

#DeanPhillips, Democrat Congressman, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/

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