StrypeyJun 25, 2025

"We took it for granted because we stopped listening, we started confining ourselves to bubbles. Which is why I tweeted yesterday about the move off of X, into BlueSky and other platforms, only limits our ability to listen, learn, understand and ingratiate ourselves to others."

#DeanPhillips, Democrat Congressman, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/

Way to miss the point. Yes, *politicians* need to be on X, or anywhere their constituents might be.

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The Democrat Who Tried To Warn Us (With Rep. Dean Phillips)

In this bonus Lever Time episode, Rep. Dean Phillips talks with David Sirota and Arjun Singh about how Democrats’ self-sabotage handed Trump the presidency.

The Lever
Show threadStrypeyJun 25, 2025

Other people might choose to keep using an X account, as part of a strategy of helping more people find their way out of The Matrix of corporate DataFarming. Good on them.

But castigating people for moving to more democratic platforms ignores 2 crucial things; network effects and wellbeing. Staying on a DataFarm run by a known technofascist helps him maintain the network power he bought in order to abuse it, in pursuit of his agendas. Plus it can be corrosive to our mental health.

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Show threadStrypeyJun 25, 2025

Having said all that, I think Democrat Congressman Dean Phillips makes some really good points in this issue about the current political culture in the US, and the top-down dysfunction of the Democrats.

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Show threadStrypey

"If there's not an interest ... to invite different perspectives to the table, start organising this party in a way that would be effective, and have accountability. Have a communications platform ... that unifies messaging instead of silos it. If that doesn't happen, I'm really inspired to help create competition for both parties."

#DeanPhillips, Democrat Congressman, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/

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The Democrat Who Tried To Warn Us (With Rep. Dean Phillips)

In this bonus Lever Time episode, Rep. Dean Phillips talks with David Sirota and Arjun Singh about how Democrats’ self-sabotage handed Trump the presidency.

The Lever
Jun 25, 2025 at 1:14amWeb
Show threadStrypeyJun 25, 2025

"Because few [US]Americans know [both major parties are] both private corporations, that are not accountable to voters, they're accountable to their officers, and just as George Washington warned, in his farewell address in 1796 ... political factions - parties - are putting their putting this country at great risk."

#DeanPhillips, Democrat Congressman, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/

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The Democrat Who Tried To Warn Us (With Rep. Dean Phillips)

In this bonus Lever Time episode, Rep. Dean Phillips talks with David Sirota and Arjun Singh about how Democrats’ self-sabotage handed Trump the presidency.

The Lever
Show threadDave Lane  🇳🇿Jun 25, 2025
@strypey gosh. If only such a platform existed...
Show threadStrypeyJun 25, 2025

@lightweight
> If only such a platform existed...

Hehe. Phillips is leaving Congress come the midterms. Maybe his next gig could involve building civic tech on the fediverse? Maybe all it needs is someone to reach out and convince him of the point I made at the top of the thread?