• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Maybe I watch too many movies, but the more politically active I plan to be, the more my online presence will fall in line with the “cute pic” people. The internet is for cat pics, surveillance, and shouting into the void. Real change needs to happen outside now.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldOP
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      12 hours ago

      This kind of floors me because I may have said similar years ago, but lately I think the digital space is the most important frontier we have right now. Like everybody is planting their flags on different lands. There’s only so much to go around. It’s why these tech bros are all spending billions on it. But the left seems to have volunteered to sit out and ignore its importance. I don’t know why