Open post Citizencat @citizencat@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @Remittancegirl@mstdn.social Honestly, I have an eerie suspicion that we allow ourselves to be lured into the constant engulfing distraction of Trump in order to avoid looking at what we really don't want to see in our own lives. Personally, I think the cancer of end-stage capitalism is so overwhelming, so impossible a current to swim in, so hopeless for most of us, that the spectacle of Trump is preferable. But that's just me and my particular ideological orientation. @Remittancegirl Yes. An uncomfortable truth
Open post Citizencat @citizencat@mastodon.social · 47mo ago Replying to @llebrun@mastodon.social <p>The collapse of Twitter for (basically) self-inflicted reasons makes a strong case for building online infrastructure structured as a non-profit or public utility.</p><p>People rely on these platforms for public information, use them for democratic debate and many invest their livelihoods in them.</p><p>These platforms are too important to public safety, peoples’ livelihoods and democracy to leave in the hands of eccentric billionaires or the whims of stock markets.</p> @llebrun I do like the idea of social media being a public utility, but even that would be vulnerable to the political party in control. @jmalonzo
Open post Citizencat @citizencat@mastodon.social · 20mo ago Replying to @RepShontelBrown@mastodon.social <p>Elon is not an elected official.<br /> <br />He is not a senate confirmed appointee.<br /> <br />He is leading a fabricated dept. without Congressional oversight<br /> <br />And he clearly lacks any understanding of government. <br /> <br />He is dangerous and must be stopped.</p> @RepShontelBrown@mastodon.social Then stop him. @DebR@mstdn.social
Open post Citizencat @citizencat@mastodon.social · 19mo ago Replying to @Tutanota@mastodon.social <p>Ditch US Big Tech and choose better European tools!</p><p>What are your favorites?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chooseeurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chooseeurope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacymatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacymatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>germany</span></a></p> @Tutanota@mastodon.social Tuta