đ«”đŒ âSocialism works, we have just never implemented it wellâ
We all heard the quote. But what If I told you that there is ONE place where socialism (or communism) actually did work? No, itâs not in Cuba or with the Soviets, or Pol Pot.
Iâm talking about Social(ist) Media. Social Media. It worked online.
â you think you own something, but actually you donât. Property rights donât exist.
â you donât earn anything, but are creating wealth for the boss/CEO. They get rich, you swipe for them.
â everything you do, is for the greater good (or: âthe algorithmâ). Youâre feeding it every single day.
â you think you are in charge, but actually you are constantly surveilled and monitored.
â you have no freedom to say what you want, as the âthought policeâ is always there to censor you.
If you really look at it, social media is maybe the best implementation of socialism so far. Or maybe even communism â Lenin and Marx would be proud!
Luckily, there is a peaceful way out. We donât have to fight, but we have to ignite a revolution with code. âIdeas are bulletproof, they cannot be killed.â Nostr is this peaceful way out!
With nostr âyou own somethingâ, âyou earn somethingâ, and âyou are in chargeâ. Itâs the antidote to Social(ist) Media. Itâs Free(dom) Media. âš
âYou never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.â
~ Buckminster Fuller