Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
Not only that but organizing locally with like-minded individuals is important now. While talking about it online can have some benefit, real planning and organizing happens in small groups and in person. My thought is that we should start small organizations and move communications to secure platforms (e.g. Signal or Matrix) and hash out details in a more secure environment. However, what is absolutely necessary is a real internal structure.
It’s helpful to think of this as in similar terms to a military operation. We are currently somewhere between late Phase 0 (shaping) and early Phase 2 (seize the initiative), which means we’re already behind, so we need to play a bit of catch up to act in a semi-unified manner.
What I mean by semi-unified manner is that all of our groups have the same purpose–force the administration to back off of its radical agenda, eschew the Unitary Executive Theory, and remove Elon Musk from government (for starters)–but we act independently. Having a unity of purpose makes demands clearer and shows the force behind the demands. In other words, if several smaller groups demand the same thing and are willing to independently demonstrate that, the government will be forced to act.
I could probably go on, but that would be an essay itself.
Not only that but organizing locally with like-minded individuals is important now. While talking about it online can have some benefit, real planning and organizing happens in small groups and in person. My thought is that we should start small organizations and move communications to secure platforms (e.g. Signal or Matrix) and hash out details in a more secure environment. However, what is absolutely necessary is a real internal structure.
It’s helpful to think of this as in similar terms to a military operation. We are currently somewhere between late Phase 0 (shaping) and early Phase 2 (seize the initiative), which means we’re already behind, so we need to play a bit of catch up to act in a semi-unified manner.
What I mean by semi-unified manner is that all of our groups have the same purpose–force the administration to back off of its radical agenda, eschew the Unitary Executive Theory, and remove Elon Musk from government (for starters)–but we act independently. Having a unity of purpose makes demands clearer and shows the force behind the demands. In other words, if several smaller groups demand the same thing and are willing to independently demonstrate that, the government will be forced to act.
I could probably go on, but that would be an essay itself.