RT Laird Cole
Re @FriendsOScience Okay, let’s run with McKibbon for a sec. Does anyone out there think for a fleeting moment that the elites of, any country, are going to decrease their carbon footprint and share their wealth. That they are going to ‘experience’ the world via the internet and not travel? NOT! https://twitter.com/LairdCole2/status/1340882464458207234 #SEC
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No, and so long as people keep using their products they will just keep raking in the profits and getting richer while the rest of us get poorer.
Once this Covid crisis is over they are going to want us to spend spend spend, as I have no money I can't see me doing that, however what we can do here on the fedivese is use the time until this is all over to make something far stronger, Peertube live is a step in the right direction.
We perhaps need to try and build an ethical business model on the fediverse, so wealth is spread out. Services like Librepay are one way for instances to generate donations. But for more people to come on here, esp business it has to probably generate return on investment.
This is why I am taking the digital skills framework and raising awareness of the alternatives.
It gives people a choice, however the arguments I get is everyone uses facebook / ms office (employers) and they are going to expect people to have those skills, We are going to need to break that some how.
Paul
