Re: <nettime> Unlike Us links on social media and their alternatives

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

Mmmm no.

Communication sovereignty is a power equation issue, and will likely 
become a new class issue (surveilled class vs. surveillor class.) Saying 
that these efforts are futile and doomed forever is nonsense - class 
struggles overcame far steeper obstacles.

The only question is when will it be recognized as a class issue.

> What is necessary, though, is promulgation of the the notion that
> somehow, some way, communicaions can be made secure and safe for those
> who just want to have fun. Wayback this faith was hawked as
> indulgences, evangelized lately as mail-lists, social media, free
> speech, archival tracking, open source.

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