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I'm really getting over the enshitification of the internet. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Custoslibera to c/[email protected]

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[–] ClamDrinker 63 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Lets be real - This isn't going to change on it's own. The only way for it to change is if everyone collectively took a stand against it. Which simply just won't happen. The most reasonable thing to do is to focus your energy on collectives that actively reject such practices. Oh hey, you're already in one: Lemmy, good job. As long as we work together to create a small corner of the internet that remains true to what the internet should be, we can grow it and create a better internet in the long term.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Or people could stop thinking small.

Back in the day, the GOP was completely controlled by Big Business. A guy named Jerry Falwell saw how Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy had gotten him elected and jumped in. He organized his people at the grassroots level. If there was a local Republican club that got 20 people at the average meeting, Jerry's church group would show up with fifty. At the start, they were getting dog catchers and county clerks in, but eventually their power grew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Amen, ClamDrinker! Thanks for speaking the truth.