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We need to talk, again, about how the #NGO world pushes HARD BLOCKING over the native #openweb paths we need to take. This isn’t some new issue; we’ve been having the same conversation for years. And yet, here we are, watching the same bad behaver and the same mistakes repeating, only now, with the #mainstreaming … Continue reading The #NGO mess is hard blocking
To make the #NGO crew more functional in an #openweb reboot, we need to focus on changing organizational culture and integrating principles that align with the #4opens and “native” grassroots, collaborative values. How can we do this? Emphasize transparency and open governance to mediate the NGO minded people, who suffer from opaque decision-making processes, that … Continue reading How can we mediate the #NGO blocking?
The is a tension between grassroots movements and #NGO paths on the #Fediverse and wider #openweb projects. From a #fluffy point of view the NGO path, while often well-intentioned, can lead to forms of imperialism where outside forces-through funding, structure, and top-down approaches—unwittingly impose their agendas on communities. These actors often don’t realize they are … Continue reading The tension, grassroots movements and #NGO paths
“But the principal objection will doubtless refer to the plain language used. My excuse, if indeed excuse be needed for saying just what I mean, is, that it is impossible to clothe in delicate terms the intolerable nastiness which I expose, and at the same time to press the truth home to those who are … Continue reading Parasite #NGO and #fashionista tech
The problem with #NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) and the wider (vertical adjacent) thinking they represent, is, in part, the issue of how the organizations operate and adapt to pressures, particularly regarding funding. Overall, this dynamic results in NGOs, which were initially formed to challenge the status quo and advocate for change, become co-opted by the systems … Continue reading Why people should worry about NGO paths
The growing influence of NGOs in social activism raises concerns, particularly in an online landscape dominated by centralized #dotcons platforms and gatekeepers. In contrast, the #openweb, rooted in the #4opens principles of decentralization, open standards, and inclusivity, represents a genuine path for progressive social change. However, the rise of NGO-driven slacktivism exposes the limitations of … Continue reading The influence of NGOs in social activism raises concerns
Non-governmental organizations (#NGOs) * Lack of accountability: They operate without being transparent about their funding, goals, and methods. * Dependence on funding: NGOs rely on funding from governments, corporations, or private individuals, this dependence compromises their agenda and integrity. * Ineffectiveness: #NGOs are not equipped to solve complex social and economic problems, and that their … Continue reading What is wrong with Non-governmental organizations (#NGOs)
It’s always hard to speak honestly about the chattering classes. Not because the problem is obscure or unimportant, but because it’s hidden behind niceness, cloaked in progressive slogans, and too often protected by politeness, guilt, and institutional grant cycles. But speak we must. The chattering classes, the mix of educated professionals, #NGO careerists, culture critics, … Continue reading Wilde Words for a Wild Problem: The Chattering Classes and the Death of Change
Everyone knows we are in a mess, but most people are too distracted to do anything to change the current path. We’ll keep on this path – scrolling, clicking, consuming – because the current mess we live in is incredibly skilled at hiding consequences. Every crisis becomes your problem, not the system’s. This is because … Continue reading The current mainstreaming’s greatest sin is thoughtlessness
Our current #mainstreaming path of paywalls stacked on paywalls isn’t life, it’s a trap, we need a way out. In our everyday lives, we’ve come to accept the absurd: And if you miss a payment? Game over (inspired by). That’s not a functioning economy, it’s not freedom, it’s a hostage situation, where every basic human … Continue reading Capitalism is a hostage situation -Not an economy
The big question need to be highlighted: where will pressure for meaningful regulation of #dotcons algorithmic monopolies actually come from? Right now, it’s hard to see. Lawmakers generally have a poor grasp of the real problems, decades behind on both the tech and its corrosive social consequences. Most legislation we get is either pre-packaged by … Continue reading Where’s the Resistance to Algorithmic Monopolies?