I’m all for reforming our current work system, but we need organized action. Can we make that happen here? Or is there a different community for that?

  • seeCseas@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    That’s a good question. If you don’t mind, I’m going to use the “Speak as moderator” button here (although i don’t really know what that does).

    I see a few things necessary to reform the current economic system - let’s call it Awareness, Advocacy and Action:

    • Awareness means getting people to realise that the corporate propaganda they’re hearing isn’t the whole truth.
    • Advocacy means going out and telling people to join the cause, form a local union, etc.
    • Action means taking organized action - writing to politicians, organising dialogues and strikes, etc.

    I’m completely open to using this community for any and all of the above. When we have a good critical mass of users, we can all vote on this, and I’ll abide by the consensus.

    In the meantime, however, we need to get more people to rally behind the cause. We have ~500 subscribers here from all over the world in a variety of jobs. That’s not nearly enough to do any sort of Action. All we can do in the meantime is Awareness and Advocacy. That means posting memes and screenshots, that means posting news that counters corporate propaganda, that means posting news about organised action taking place elsewhere that we can celebrate or contribute to.

    If anyone disagrees, please share your opinions here, I’m totally open to suggestions, criticisms, insults even.

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      2 years ago

      I think “speak as mod” adds a red “mod” logo (kinda looks like a shield) next to your username. That’s it, as far as I can tell - it doesn’t pin the post or highlight it or do anything else.