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RE: https://legal.social/@malteengeler/116283432236170321
Als sie die Anarchist*innen holten,
habe ich geschwiegen,
ich war ja kein Anarchist.
Als sie die Palästina-Demonstrierenden einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen,
ich war ja kein Opfer von Rassismus.
Als sie die Förderung für Demokratieprojekte einstellten,
habe ich geschwiegen,
mein Projekt war ja nicht öffentlich gefördert.
Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr,
der protestieren konnte.
@catileptic @alineblankertz It depends on the specific case but usually the initiating body is some form of democratically legitimised council/gathering/group. In some cases it could be initiated via a referendum and enacted by parliamentary law. In others it might be a communal body who enacts the decision via executive orders. Or it might be a self-governing community that enacts a consensus within their group. It really depends on the situation.
@catileptic @alineblankertz The decision to expropriate and socialise is a democratic and legal one. It happens quite often already, e.g. when private land gets turned into highways or a minings ground for fossil fuel corporations. Socialisation is nothing unusual in most capitalist parliamentary societies. It usually happens in the interest of corporations though. Aline and and hope to popularise socialisation as a strategic tool for a leftist/progressive digital movements.
@alineblankertz I find that question especially confusing within leftwing activists circle. One comrade recently asked me whether I really believed that we could get rid of "AI". I answered "I am a communist, I don't understand the question."
@johnmackay @alineblankertz It is a powerful tool for extraction, oppression and homogenisation. There is nothing to abandon but a socio-technological monster.
Criticising someone who has a strong position as radical is a pretty empty statement if such a description does not include an assessment of the validity of that position. It is the kind of "extremism" the liberal center loves because it can frame itself as rational and balanced when it is actually equating all radical views as problematic and therefore equal.
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