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Do you think opensource + Fediverse will develop into some kind of political force/movement in the next years? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by blue_berry@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3932795

I thought about this already for a while and with Lemmy and Mastodon the opensource community has a place to really try itself out and coordinate. Then even things like open-source planning-systems (like at Amazon) and AIs are possible.

At least in Germany there is currently no really political movement that could be described as left-libertarian at least seriously. Maybe the Fediverse could be the root for something like that.

Or will the Fediverse will become more like the new landscape of the internet, which encompasses everything and in which every party will need to move and have a certain stance to somehow?

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[-] blue_berry@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think its really a pity that the pirate party lost its steam, because it was left and also really anti-authoritarian (at least I think). However, I think the Fediverse could become political or at least societal really relevant, because I think there is a strong interrelation between how our social networks are build, therefore how we act in them and from that how we act as social beings in general. I think federated social networks could have a positive effect here and also maybe give the pirate party some steam again.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

The Fediverse is political, it just isn't directly represented by a political party or similar movement with political ambitions.

In a way that is good, because it allows us to slowly shift the Overton window etc instead of becoming a target of polarization and political manipulation like the PP did.

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