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Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik"):
jdp23@neuromatch.social ("Jon") wrote:
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And thanks @dfir for mentioning Manton's distinction between "political values" and "indieweb principles". I went and looked up the quote and it's really strking
"Politics can inspire us to build a better world. That’s certainly how I felt after the 2016 election, leading to the Micro.blog launch. But without a foundation in open web principles, there’s no lasting direction or strategy. There are only reactions to whoever or whatever we oppose."
That's exactly backwards! Without a grounding in opposition to anti-racism, anti-fascism, surveillance capitalism -- all things that Manton considers "political" -- "open web principles" lead people like him to working with fascists and bigots.