Comment by saghm
3 years ago
Technical workarounds and social activism aren't mutually exclusive; given how long the latter can take to achieve results, it's often useful to have the former in the meantime.
3 years ago
Technical workarounds and social activism aren't mutually exclusive; given how long the latter can take to achieve results, it's often useful to have the former in the meantime.
By bypassing the block you lessen the need for social activism
This is called "accelerationism". It does not work. It is a maladaptive thought-pattern, nursed by people on the political fringe.
The theory is that as things get worse and worse, there will come a moment when everyone suddenly "wakes up", and acts in unity to overthrow their oppressors and build a better system (under the command of the enlightened few, of course). This happens approximately never (see: Qanon), and when it does, the chances of a good result are even more remote (see: Bolshevism).
It serves a useful emotional purpose for the adherents: you don't have to do anything, make friends with anyone, understand the world around you. Just wait for the apocalypse, for the day when the Elect will seize power and shoot their enemies etc etc.
Back in the real world, here is how you build a large effective political coalition: by solving people's problems in the here and now. This is how the Fabians built the welfare state.
> This happens approximately never (see: Qanon), and when it does, the chances of a good result are even more remote (see: Bolshevism).
I would also count Russia in the current war into the "never bucket". Many expected them to overthrow the dictatorship, but the internal situation only became worse since 2022. If anything as more people leave, system becomes more homogenous and even more supportive of current status quo.
Bypassing the block renders the authoritarian control measures ineffective and/or void. This is an act of resistance in itself. Why do you think bypassing the ban is conforming to authority?
You bypassing the block remedies the situation for you. The thing is, not everyone is a super techy like you. The problem is everyone else who isn't you having access restored.
While F you, got mine is tempting, you gotta remember the follow through. Always punch up.
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your goal should be making these impossible to enforce, social activism is not an end in itself
This doesn't add up. Should the `work around` not be used because it lessens the need for social activism ?
One does not negate the other.
So much the worse for social activism then.
Or just self-host your repositories and don't deal with centralized Git services given that techies here are hyping around how 'easy' it is to spin up Mastodon instances.
Should be even easier to self-host a Git repository then, just like a website.