Aral BalkanDec 16, 2022

Every private space is owned by someone. That someone makes and enforces the rules according to their own interests.

You have no right to free speech in private spaces. If the owner of a shopping mall doesn’t like what your t-shirt says, they can have security escort you out.

“Social media” (Silicon Valley and venture capitalists) sold you the lie that shopping malls are parks.

They are not.

If you care about human rights and democracy, build and support parks not shopping malls.

#SmallWeb

Show threadluxcemDec 16, 2022
@aral While we should continue to support and promote independent, non-profit, autonomous, and decentralized networks, it is important to remember that even the largest social media platforms are still bound by the laws that we put in place. The pursuit of freedom must also involve political action and the establishment of institutions that can ensure that freedom is protected. 1/3
Show threadluxcemDec 16, 2022
@aral We should be proactive in both building alternative spaces and modes of organization and working to prevent a minority from gaining too much control over widely used tools, places, or services. It's not sustainable or desirable for a society to be dominated by companies and billionaires who hold all the power in the spaces they control, while the rest of us are left to exist in the margins. 2/3
Show threadluxcem
@aral We must continue to support the commons, as well as work to dismantle monopolies and concentrations of power. 3/3
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