Prelude What is unfolding in the United States is nothing short of grave. This is not the lament of a European critic—it is a simple truth: democracy is dead. My heart lies with the American people, especially those openly rebellious, who are daring to stand against the tide. Initially, I was enraged with American voters, to make things worse, the Signal story came out, where my people were dismissed as “freestanding” and “PATHETIC.”

WDYT? For me Open-Source is the proof another model exists.

So, over the last week, Europeans discovered we are depending on US big techs (you know the ones behind trump) 🫢

So I saw some “EuroStack” stuff trying to see what we can build to reclaim sovereignty, I engaged in a kind of unformal non-academic epistemological work about economics, anthropology, climate science, business management, and a lot of other things.

The more I worked, the more I realised that’s it’s not just about tech, this is not just an engineering problem. It is a fundamental, systemic collapse.

So my paper is in two section:

  1. An anthropological essay on neoliberalism, examining how capitalists were cunning enough to throw us social scraps to keep the gears of their operating system functional, but how they failed to anticipate the planetary limits.
  2. A naive attempt to propose something for Europe.

I just realized how Open-Source is the best argument against neoliberalism.

To my friends in the United States: my heart is with you. Know that humanity has always emerged victorious against tyranny. Nobody is freestanding; we are all part of something greater.

Here are some partisan songs from my terroir, just so you can be an international fighter for peace:

Keep fighting on, comrades. ✊ 🟥

    • Bogus007@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      Ah, I am soRRy. I am new to Lemmy and have still to learn new things. The link in the title works! Thank you!

        • Bogus007@lemm.ee
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          3 days ago

          I have went through your text quickly. Very personal sometimes, especially considering the POV, which can pass by as subjective. I also disagree with the idea that human beings are a collective animal, while this is true in the general sense, you have by nature often one that is leading and others that prefer (or not) to follow. Unfortunately, it is question of person and moment when this one tries to take favour of a situation. I think that almost all communities are communities of convenience: you provide something, others need, and in total we all gain - however, the convenience is the leading force. Anyway, I do not want to jump deeper into this, because it gets very philosophical and social - which also means that there are views as many as there are people. But thank you for your effort and thoughts, which you have put in.

          • raskyld@lemmy.mlOP
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            3 days ago

            I don’t deny it at all!

            you have by nature often one that is leading and others that prefer (or not) to follow

            I actually try to take that into account when I am speaking about sociological profile and say:

            So what does it tell us? It tells us we need to stop our autonomy and individualism nonsense. Because there are different sociological profiles, some people, like my father, have no interest in essayism, in critical thinking, in innovating or exploring new ideas. They want to sign a simple social contract that makes their life easier in exchange for their physical labour. End of the line.

            But I respect your choice of not going deeper into critical thinking, thanks for you time!

            • Bogus007@lemm.ee
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              3 days ago

              Maybe we have misunderstood. My point is not ending up like Don Quixote fighting against windmills. The more extreme a person becomes in their views, even when personally justifiable or honorable, the fewer people will accept this view. The crux is to find the so-called « golden mean », which is essentially a balance between different views. This also means including to some extent views, which may be not favoured, but helpful to get more people into the boat.

              Good luck on your way!

              • raskyld@lemmy.mlOP
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                2 days ago

                Good luck as well! Thanks for your time, I will work on my speech shape haha :)