[liberationtech] Defund Big Tech, Refund Community: Another Tech is Possible

[Doug Schuler]

I guess I'll just cop to the fact that I'm a meliorist and I believe that
positive social change is *possible* through social action.

And, yes, human institutions are often riddled with corruption.

We stake out different paths.

— Doug



On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:23 AM bo0od <bo0od at riseup.net> wrote:

> Nice speech but sorry to say it cant be on real because to be on real
> you need to take down the corrupted system which is protecting these
> evil big techs like microsoft,amazon,netflix..etc, And to take down the
> corrupted system you need to take down or filter as well FBI,NSA,CIA,
> Some police and military departments because whether you like it or not
> these are heavily involved into the protection and driving these mega
> corp to where they are now and later.
>
> Check for e.g:
>
>
> - Joe Rogan Experience #1536 - Edward Snowden
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rl82OQDoOc
>
> - The Corporation
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQYsk-8dWg
>
> - EUROPA: The Last Battle (Not allowed to be on Youtube= Which is
> exactly the freedom of speech!)
>
> https://www.bitchute.com/video/s1nPYDj7KBEQ/
>
> or wikileaks or... Endless corruption.
>
>
>
> Raymond Saner:
> > Doug, great and timely initiative!
> >
> > Raymond
> >
> >
> >
> > From: LT [mailto:lt-bounces at lists.liberationtech.org] On Behalf Of Doug
> Schuler
> > Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2021 02:33
> > To: LT <lt at lists.liberationtech.org>
> > Subject: [liberationtech] Defund Big Tech, Refund Community: Another
> Tech is Possible
> >
> >
> >
> > For the past 7 months, a group of us has been working on a report titled
> "Defund Big Tech, Refund Community: Another Tech is Possible”. In this
> report, we dive into the history of public investment in technologies at
> the foundation of Big Tech, and the imbalances between these investments
> and the returns to the public sector. We delve into the problematic labor
> and user relations underlining the value-creation machine Big Tech has
> assembled, and the perverse social and environmental costs of these
> socio-technical systems. We set out arguments for why Big Tech should be
> defunded, and offer potential actions Big Tech companies, governments and
> policymakers, tech workers, researchers, civil society organizations,
> social movements and individual citizens could take to redirect resources.
> We end by offering prospects for what refunding community could look like,
> how another tech is possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > We hope you can read it, it is posted here
> https://techotherwise.pubpub.org/defund-big-tech. Please feel free to
> share across your network.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > — Doug
> >
> >
> >
> > PS. We also started a Tech Otherwise channel which we're hoping we can
> put to good use as time goes on. The results of two other workshops are
> also on the channel.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Douglas Schuler
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