Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• h333d@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Prepping is about surviving the collapse of the system.

  Resistance Infrastructure is about replacing the functions of the system so it doesn’t matter if it collapses or not.

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    replacing the functions of the system so it doesn’t matter if it collapses or not.

    That’s what preppers do too. Providing their own food, water, shelter and security so that they’re not reliant on the system. Hosting your media is really just stockpiling entertainment, like someone else might stockpile food.

    I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to do, and it might even be useful in some events.

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah, preppers don’t grow their on food and do the community organizing required for security, they buy a months worth of food and 13 guns as a form of consumption. 2020 literally had those privileged fucks rioting to go to Applebee’s and get professional haircuts.

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    • h333d@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I guess I wanna be that guy for my friends and family! It’s a fun past time for me haha

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    • Micromot@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The difference lies in the community aspect of it. Self hosted stuff can very eaaily be shared between people. Preppers usually Jeep their stuff to themselves instead of sharing in the community and helping each other out

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      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The most powerful statement I ever heard was from when I asked my uncle why he doesn’t take as many physical security measures for his home, despite his educational background (electrical engineer) and knowledge of vulnerabilities.

        His reply was simple:

        “I trust my neighbors, I trust my neighborhood. If something happens to my family, I can ask around. If my neighbors need my skills or assistance, they can ask me whenever I’m home.”

        I hope FOSS communities can reach that level in the common user sphere.

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  • qualia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like this. It’s like giving ourselves the tools of power in case the people need to reclaim them.

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    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s also why Lemmy has almost stagnated in user numbers for a long time (around 30K).

      It’s only now that people are seeking alternatives to US big tech so now we have the alternative that people seek, and people could make fine use of it.

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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Resistance Replacement Infrastructure

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• zeca@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Having communication tools that avoid big tech is resistance. It doesnt require doomsday to be useful. Tech companies are luring people into giving away too much data by reducing our available options. Creating alternatives is resistance to that movement.

  Just recently i was looking to buy a second hand fridge and realised that most people advertise those in facebook pages. I even tried to recreate an account after years of not going there. But it asked me to scan my face… just to create a fucking account to view those fridge posts… Since i dont want that, im locked out of that market…

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• evol@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah you can use Tor as an example of “Resistance” infrastructure, it only really exists because Western governments themselves need to use it and the asymmetry in how information can be shared in western countries vs the enemies of western countries makes the calculus for in favor to let it operate. iirc most Tor nodes are in 5 eyes countries. The government could just force everyone into closed source backdoored apps if they really wanted too.

  Really the only way to have “Resistance” infrastructure is to have another state actor aligned with it. The enemy of our enemy is our friend after all.

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