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[–] Picasso@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months ago

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If you are going to pick a fight with them, differentiate on the thing they can't compete with: align yourself with the one project that is truly open, borderless, neutral, censorship resistant, transparent, auditable, private, and immutable. There are a few of those, I think. Privacy currencies will get quite a run for their money. There is a growing need to really focus on privacy, because Facebook won't.

They will ensure that while we're exploited by ruthless politicians on one side, we are also exploited by ruthless business people on the other, in an alliance between corporation and state.
That is called fascism, only this isn't your grandpa's fascism. This is a whole neo-feudal environment that we have never seen before. A lot of people will make the mistake [of assuming] that if it doesn't come in a leather uniform designed...by Hugo Boss, with clashing colors, caricature parades, and screaming into megaphones, it is not fascism.

But fascism today can come in a slick user interface with beautiful colors, accessible 24/7, through your browser...and the most convenient location whether your phone is on or off.
It is part of your life. It allows you to share photos with Grandpa, the same one who fought Nazis.

It is the ultimate irony. We need to be very careful about what we do next. This is deadly serious stuff.

Society is not ready for this because we've never been here before. While I am fascinated to watch, at the same time, I am deeply troubled. I am not afraid because I think Bitcoin can't compete. I am afraid because I believe a lot of people don't care. A lot of people will go for the easy, convenient, mindless, repetitive, seductive, hypnotizing rhythm...of a Facebook feed, through which they will lose their freedom and their future. "