Currently, people on the Fediverse seem to try to turn it into a fortress for the post-Biden era. What about a different approach: why don’t we try to save the status quo and then think about how to change it so we won’t need that fortress in the first place?
Main Goal: Save liberal Democracy
Five sub-goals of that:
- Unite, protect and strengthen the discourse among democratic forces (create an opposition to Twitter; prevent split of democratic forces; instead unite democratic forces, overcome trench warfare, show Trumpists how actual discussions look like; division of the left might be softended through this; also make unusual allies for example with neocons, traditional conservatives or yes, J.K. Rowling; the more democratic forces are in the boat, the better, the rest is solved by federation)
- Ignite the American Dream for the Dot Social Era: Show people a way in the Future
- Ignite in People the Vision for a prosperous Future (the dot social era/boom, new frontier of the web, etc.)
- Give People the Vision for a better Future (increase in social capital; better discourse; for a certain time continuos digital dominance of US thanks to Threads, basically things staying as they were a few decades ago; freedom of lifestyle; more social connections; building of protected digital communities)
- The Fediverse should gain relevance in the public discourse of traditional media; this will happen at the latest when Threads joins Mastodon; but we should be ready before that: there should already be Podcasts, Blogs, Books, etc. so that everyone can quickly get up to speed with its concepts and vision
- Rebuild social connections and structures (old and new): Foster the development of social capital. Without social capital, people cannot dream of the future and succumb to depression; also, social movements can better form and operate
- Diverse and new forms of Communities: Foster diverse sets of life-styles through the Fediverse
- Norman Fucking Rockwell: also here make unusual allies for example with traditional conservative institutions like religious ones, which will also be interested in creating saver or more protected online spaces
- Counter Populism like on January 6: Foster Liberal Values & Institutions (help democratic institutions in the Fediverse, etc.)
- Make the Fediverse Big, Fast: for all of that, the Fediverse needs to become big and as many people need to join it as possible (regardless of Meta’s Threads or the other parts); as many as possible communities on the web should be tried to get in the Fediverse (fandoms especially Harry Potter, democratic bitcoin enthusiasts, privacy advocates, open-source and linux communities, etc.)
This could be applied to any country really but it applies of course to the US this year in specifc. And always remember: if things really go down to shit, we may need to unpack Rockwell again anyways, or worse – so why not try a little structure once again before its thrust over us. First save the system, then reform it.
I think it would be very realistic to assume that already in 2024, the first global humanistic-christian collectives will develop on the Fediverse, Taylor Swift will give her first concert in the Fediverse, J.K. Rowling and Harari will join, just as eco-queer-collectives, atheist-humanistic-collectives and some bitcoin bros. It won’t be perfect, but it will be better than now.
“If it will happen …”
Any better ideas?
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