>>560902
Thanks, I consider that a well articulated post. So here are my responses to selected aspects:
1) Fully agree that Meme warfare is critical. But folks who have been mislead for decades will not be undone without sustained
work. It is that long term undoing that I focus upon.
2) Simplifying the internet troublemakers to "big tech" shoots the innocent and guilty. It is the clear identification of predatory corporate behaviors that should be identified, not company names, location, size, business types, etc.
3) I fully agree that asserting our rights is critical. But what defines a right? I'm not trying to be pedantic here, but
the problem is our "rights" are spelled out in the Constitution…and the Constitution considers rights to be limitations on
Government power. Most of the problems you are describing is Corporate power abuse. Petitioning the Government for
"rights" from corporations is actually an issue of laws, not rights. What we work for must fit with our present legal framework.
4) So I think it productive to figure out what Constitutional rights are missing and what corporate laws are missing. For
example, I think the Constitution is missing an explicit "Right to Privacy". Correspondingly, some corporate laws missing are those
protecting free speech on public platforms owned by private companies. For example, deleting conservative postings on
G, FB, TWTR, etc. has a lot of idiots claiming private companies can do that, but what if it was some minority group postings
being censored? The idiots would reverse course fast. We can make a solid case that the internet is a public asset covered
by the existing Bill Of Rights…and corporate laws are needed.
5) So in summary, I agree with action, it is just that trying to get a lot of sigs for a petition is a so-so goal (not a worthless goal).
I think there might be more worth in exposing explicitly all the (secret) corporate abuses needing present laws to be enforced
(such as collecting personal information on medical illnesses) and showing the masses all the bad things that can happen
with the information controlled and/or collected on innocent citizens. This is the head start Q has given us and can be exploited.
>>561053
I like and agree. Been here for a month. This has been drinking from a fire hydrant of gold and garbage till it the time came
to jump into the fray.