Saw a post suggesting the choices we make are all that stand between us and success, and I couldn’t disagree more. If that’s true for you, then you are #privileged indeed.

The greatest myth of #HyperIndividualism slung against marginalised folks: That we can simply make “the right choices” out of the systemic #oppression that denies our human right to respect, support and equity.

We are not the ones who need to “choose better".
The #prejudiced are the ones who need to choose and DO better.

How to make neglect, isolation and warehousing of the frail aged ok:

(yeah, I admit it, I'm actually looking to drag this tangle of weeds into the sunlight)

"Just remember, they've had their life, you shouldn't let looking after them ruin yours."

#JustifyingCruelty #HyperIndividualism #CommercialisedAgedCare

Satire - Arrrgh, they want me to phone them once a fortnight and speak with them for 15 minutes. They're had their life and now they're trying to ruin mine!

One consequence of #Hyperindividualism is not knowing how much we need other people.

I'm seeing this writ large in the US of A currently. That the people of a nation founded in genocide and dehumanisation have apparently lost the struggle to progress towards recognising and prioritising the humanity of all their fellow residents is saddening.

Also hearing on #ABCRN that 1 in 40 Australians are using #AIChatBots for companionship.

Just who will be there for these folk when they need IRL help?

The Problem With Hyper-Individualism - Second Thought
https://youtu.be/9TjOX9clhwM?si=KiOzA8aeol9Hicxs

#hyperindividualism
#individualism
#capitalism
#plutocracy

This is an overview, the path we need to try is to focus on ##commons and ##cooperation for building tools and communities, to use these tools to challenge the current structures of power. This is a very different path than the ##stupidindividualism (as some people say ##hyperindividualism) of the current capitalist path. The way isn’t through more fragmentation, but by connecting these fragments into a more coherent whole—something the ##OMN (Open Media Network) is working towards. We need ##solidarity and ##mutualaid to build this tool, which can then be used to build the communities to use it.

The issues are wide, is not just the ##dotcons enclosing the commons, but the way people get sucked into the ##NGO and culture/control paths, which reinforces the very systems of oppression, that on the surface claims to fight. We can’t keep putting plasters on these problems. In the media/tech world the path is actually not that hard, real change comes from ##grassroots efforts that prioritize #4opens: OpenData, OpenSource, OpenProcess, and OpenStandards. These create transparency and accountability, and help us compost the ##techshit that has built up over decades of bad practice.

I outline this as the OMN project that provides a structure to link these disparate actions and paths together, creating a “native” ##NetworkOfNetworks where flows of trust and information/data and metadata can be built on solid, open foundations. By strongly focusing on principles, we foster ##communities that are resilient, self-sufficient, ##DIY and capable of defending against the enclosures that happen by default on the ##mainstreaming path we are all on.

It’s time to turn away from the (stupid)individualistic mindset that capitalism cultivates and return to a more healthy balance with ##CollectiveEmpowerment. This isn’t about returning to a naive vision of the past but evolving our tactics for the present, using what’s left of the openweb to build something more robust and deeply rooted, we have started down this path with the ##fediverse

The ##OMN is building from this first step, a path that is usefully as it’s native to creating a ##reboot for the ##openweb. It’s about recognizing the cracks in the current system and knowing where pressure can make the cracks grow to open up space to compost the old and nourish the fresh shoots of alternative tech and media that we need. This nurtures communities that then builds better tech, a simple circle, with likely a better outcome than the current ##deathcult

https://hamishcampbell.com/individualism-isnt-the-problem-its-the-stupid-part-that-is-the-problem

Meany people write on this change of path

https://hamishcampbell.com/recognizing-the-cracks-in-the-current-system/

#4opens #CollectiveEmpowerment #commons #communities #Cooperation #deathcult #diy #dotcons #fediverse #grassroots #Hyperindividualism #mainstreaming #MutualAid #NetworkOfNetworks #NGO #OMN #openweb #reboot #Solidarity #stupidindividualism #techshit

[Thread] Random excerpts from #KleeBenally 's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender

The Enemy of #MotherEarth

"From Mother Earth to our bodies, in a #capitalist system everything that can be reduced to a commodity will be. As long as it can be sold, bought, or otherwise exploited, nothing is sacred. So long as the lands (and by extension our bodies) are viewed this way we will have conflict, as #capitalism is the enemy of Mother Earth and all that we hold to be #sacred.

"In its base definition, capitalism is an economic and political system based on an unregulated or 'free' market, private property, competition, and limited government intervention. But the definition obscures the reality that capitalism is based upon extreme social #exploitation and dispossession, #EcologicalDestruction, #hyperindividualism and #materialism, and its history is rooted in #WhiteSupremacy, #cishetereopatriarchy, #genocide, and #slavery.

"To be anti-capitalist is not enough, anti-capitalist propositions rooted in #industrialism and #extractivism are just as invested in #ecocidal (therefore anti-Indigenous) economies. Killing the Earth is killing Indigenous existence, #Colonizers must religiously convince themselves and others that the world is already dead to justify their ongoing violence against the Earth and existence. In the face of global ecological ruin, some attempt to further convince themselves that killing the Earth just a little bit less is an appropriate response."

Pages 136-137

#IndigenousAnarchy #Ecosystem #DefendTheSacred #CorporateColonialism