We stopped critiquing. We stopped questioning. We let the rot build up, hoping it would turn into something useful on its own. Instead, we got layers of #techshit, digital infrastructure that isolates instead of connects, surveillance wrapped in UX design, and a generation seduced by #stupidindividualism on the #dotcons. Tech became the default priesthood, and any challenge to its orthodoxy was treated as luddite heresy. Meanwhile, real mutual aid got rebranded as tip jars and GoFundMe links, stripped of its radical solidarity. We’ve been too afraid to call this out, too fragmented to organize, too polite to fight. Well, fuck polite. It's time to get messy.

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On being a prat in tech and social spaces (Yes, this is likely about you )

From where I’m standing, a lot of people are being absolute prats when it comes to social and technological issues. That should be obvious… but clearly, it’s not. We’ve got two basic paths here:

#Block everything you don’t like. Predictably, this just creates more prat-ish behaviour and pushes us all deeper into toxic bubbles.

Ask questions. Grow. Listen. Respond. This reduces prat-ish behaviour — over time, maybe even composts it into something useful.

Now, in the era of […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/on-being-a-prat-in-tech-and-social-spaces-yes-this-is-likely-about-you-%f0%9f%98%98/

Composting the #TechShit

The value of the #Fediverse isn’t in the tech specs. It’s not in the #ActivityPub protocol or the code itself, those are tools. The value lies in the culture that birthed it. The #Fediverse is the living embodiment of the #openweb, not some #VC Silicon Valley plaything. But as money floods in, as #mainstreaming forces try to turn it into another hollow platform, we risk losing the very thing that makes it powerful, its strong decentralized, trust-based roots.The looming battle is […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-techshit/

@rooftopjaxx the bases of #hashtags is social, groups need to use share tags to build stories, when everyone pushes their #stupidindividualism then it's just mess to compost. This is sadly normal and something I talk about a lot.

#Pitchforks are for straw and riots where shovels are for composting, this is all harder than it needs to be :)

To move beyond the current mess, we need to break free from the cycle of stupid individualism and mainstream conformity. Breaking the circle of #stupidindividualism https://hamishcampbell.com/breaking-the-cycle-of-stupidindividualism/

These aren’t pointless projects

#mainstreaming #liberalism has lost its way. For the past 20 years, many self-described liberals have spewed out bilge water disguised as "common sense." But when pressure mounts, they reveal themselves as dogmatic and intolerant, almost as if they aren't truly liberal at all.

How did we end up in this mess? The #deathcult, #stupidindividualism, and the rise of #dotcons shaped the dominant version of "common sense," warping it away from collective care and into something narrow and […]

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Radical movements are too often their own worst enemies

Radical movements are too often their own worst enemies. The push/pull between the desire for real change and the gravitational pull of #mainstreaming feed the #stupidindividualism that keeps people locked into conservative, performative loops. These loops are not accidental, they are the result of movements that to often shift focus to prioritize (invisible) ideological purity, insular "safety" subcultures, and a morbid reverence for past failures over the messy, unpredictable work of […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/radical-movements-are-too-often-their-own-worst-enemies/

We have an undeclared #stupidindividualism battle pushing to destroy this in numerous ways. Communities and People are the #Openweb hamishcampbell.com/communities-...

Communities and People are the...

We have an undeclared #stupidindividualism battle pushing to destroy this in numerous ways. Communities and People are the #Openweb https://hamishcampbell.com/communities-and-people-are-the-openweb/

The key question is: how do we re-seed these ideas in the current mess? People are lost in #stupidindividualism, distracted, or burned out by the relentless churn of the #dotcons. But the desire for connection, justice, and sustainability is still there, even if it's buried under layers of cynicism and despair.

This starts so Nazi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR5Dmj6GK88 and goes onto use of force, but they gently leave that hides this. They then move to protect the border... then pushes the internal border to exclude people internally who he wants on the outside. Then the celebrating the backing of the old world order, and the dismantling of its structurers and norms. Then back to me, a recurring path. He is removing the last 20 years of #fashionista paths, but only to go back to a mythical past, nothing progressive. This is a #KISS populist move, for a reactionary outcome. The words "common sense" comes into play, the mix of the language of left and right. OK, can't watch much more of this mess making... what's the plan beyond running round like headless birds #stupidindividualism

The #mainstreaming paths actively erases or undermines anything that could offer a different path. Crushing alternatives before they grow. Any real challenge to the system is either co-opted, bought out, or destroyed before it can take root.

Gatekeeping and controlled opposition. NGOs, media, and “progressive” institutions manage dissent, keeping it within safe, toothless boundaries. Even those who see something different often can’t see where to go, so they stick to the broken but familiar.

That’s why #OMN and #4opens matter. We’re not just talking about what’s wrong—we’re building something better. If people don’t see an alternative, they’ll keep walking the same doomed path.

Even when people can see the disaster coming, they feel powerless to stop it. Instead of fighting back, they shut down, distract themselves with whatever comfort they can find, and numb the pain with consumerism and entertainment.

This is why we need collective action, not individual struggle. Nobody fights alone. That’s the purpose of the #OMN—to build real alternatives that people can step into, where their energy isn’t just drained, but used to create change.

The first step? Stop pretending you’re powerless. Find your people. Do something—anything—outside the #deathcult. That’s how we start.

The real outsiders are the ones who see what’s coming and refuse to play along. The ones who step away from the herd and start building alternatives.

That’s what the #OMN is about—a space for those who refuse to march toward disaster.

The first step to escaping the #deathcult? Stop waiting for permission.

From birth, we’re conditioned to accept the system as inevitable. The #mainstreaming propaganda machine is relentless—schools, media, entertainment, workplaces—all reinforcing one message:

There Is No Alternative (#TINA). They are trained to: See resistance as futile – “You can’t change anything, so why try?” View rebellion as chaos – “Radicals just want to destroy everything.” Accept compliance as normal – “Be reasonable, play the game, fit in.”

The #deathcult survives by convincing people that they have no agency. It punishes dissent and rewards obedience with shallow comforts—consumerism, distraction, performative politics.

Breaking free requires deprogramming—seeing through the illusion of stability and realizing that the real danger isn’t rebellion, but obedience to a collapsing path.

The #OMN is about rebuilding what’s been erased—trust, autonomy, and real alternatives. Because the biggest lie of the #deathcult is that we have no choice.

We do.

Worshipping the #deathcult isn’t just about fear, it’s about comfort. Even those who recognize the system is broken still cling to its predictability. Why? Because change is hard, and uncertainty is terrifying.

The #deathcult doesn’t control through oppression; it seduces. It offers: Endless consumerism – Buy your way out of discomfort, drown in distraction. Instant entertainment – Streams of content to keep you numb, passive, and compliant. Social validation – Perform the right opinions, keep your head down, and you won’t be cast out.

Even those who hate the system find themselves going along with it, because the alternative—stepping into the unknown—is daunting.

The illusion of stability is powerful. People stay in bad relationships, toxic jobs, broken systems because they at least know what to expect. Risking real change feels worse than enduring a slow decay.

But comfort is a short-term drug with a long-term cost. The longer we delay action, the worse the collapse.

The #OMN isn’t about offering a comfortable alternative, it’s about building resilient networks where people can step out of the #deathcult and into something real.

Because comfort in a burning house is an illusion.

Many people are trapped in precarious economic conditions, living paycheck to paycheck, burdened by debt, or just one crisis away from collapse. They aren’t blind to the failures of the #deathcult—they see the destruction, the exploitation, the ecological collapse—but they still conform. Why?

Because resisting feels too dangerous when you have so little to lose. Losing a job means homelessness. Speaking out means social exile. Challenging authority means becoming a target.

People aren’t cowards. They are hostages to a system that has made survival itself conditional on obedience. When the stakes are so high, rebellion seems like a luxury.

The #deathcult thrives on this fear. It keeps people exhausted, isolated, and too busy scrambling for survival to organize, resist, or imagine alternatives.

But fear is only effective as long as people believe they have no choice. The moment we start building alternative structures of support, community, and resilience, the power of that fear fades.

We don’t need courageous individuals, we need strong collectives that refuse to let people fall when they take a stand. That’s the path out.

#OMN #4opens #nothingnew #deathcult #stupidindividualism #geekproblem

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