#thereisnoalternative — Public Fediverse posts
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@Sascha_Raubal @dufthummel Ich glaube, es ist genau andersrum: die Typen aus den Wirtschaftswissenschaften wissen genau, dass ihre Gesetze nur ausgedachter BS und reine Ideologie sind, und denken dann, das wäre in anderen Disziplinen genauso.
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@Nickiquote and to persuade us that #ThereIsNoAlternative.
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@Nickiquote and to persuade us that #ThereIsNoAlternative.
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Wenn der polnische Ministerpräsident Donald #Tusk auf dem EU-Gipfel heute meint: "Wir haben keine Alternative! Europa muss sich dieser Herausforderung, diesem Wettrüsten stellen. Ich bin mir sicher, dass Russland dieses Rennen verlieren wird!" kann ich ihn angesichts der Geschichte Polens verstehen. Gleichzeitig zeigt sich TINA (There is no alternative) leider oft als ein Bumerang für demokratische Gesellschaften, den mensch lieber nicht wirft[1].
Abgesehen davon, dass es natürlich immer eine Vielzahl von Alternativen gibt [2]. Es ist nur fraglich, ob mensch schon bereit ist, die zu sehen und zu debattieren.
Mir scheint, Europa hat sich durch seine extrem kurzsichtige Außenpolitik der letzten ~30 Jahre (den Amis bei allem Unfug außer Libyen blind hinterherrammeln) in eine schlimme Zwickmühle manövriert. Mit #Wettrüsten kommen die Menschen Europas da aber bestimmt nicht raus. Eine Alternative wäre z.B. global über eine Änderung der Spielregeln des von Jahr zu Jahr tödlich tobenden Kapitalismus nachzudenken und zu streiten.
[1] Astrid Séville 2016 - From ‘one right way’ to ‘one ruinous way’? Discursive shifts in ‘There is no alternative’ European Political Science Review, Available on CJO 2016 doi:10.1017/S1755773916000035
[2] Senne Vandevelde - There Is No Alternative: A Discursive Analysis of Past and Present
#Polen #Rußland #Bumerang #TINA #thereisnoalternative #EU #Wettrüsten #Alternativen #Kapitalismus
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@DenisMeuthen @academicchatter
Contrary to popular belief, #TINA = #ThereIsNoAlternative is not supported by the evidence.
Ethical alternatives to #Slack include the #MatrixProtocol or #Mattermost . No need to centralise on a single server or depend on non-free software.
* recommendation based on public discussion: https://switching.software/replace/slack
* lists of #Matrix servers:
** https://servers.joinmatrix.org
** https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/matrix
** https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php -
@DenisMeuthen @academicchatter
Contrary to popular belief, #TINA = #ThereIsNoAlternative is not supported by the evidence.
Ethical alternatives to #Slack include the #MatrixProtocol or #Mattermost . No need to centralise on a single server or depend on non-free software.
* recommendation based on public discussion: https://switching.software/replace/slack
* lists of #Matrix servers:
** https://servers.joinmatrix.org
** https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/matrix
** https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php -
#AIHype completely misunderstands the point of #ScienceFiction
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#AIHype completely misunderstands the point of #ScienceFiction
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CW: Long thread/2
The American #neoliberal malaise - celebrated in by "centrists" who insisted that everything was fine and nothing could be changed - didn't just lead to a sense of helplessness, but also *hopelessness*. #Denialism and #nihilism are Siamese twins, and the YOLO approach to the #ClimateEmergency, #covid mitigation, the housing crisis and other pressing issues can't be disentangled from the Thatcherite maxim that #ThereIsNoAlternative.
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The American #neoliberal malaise - celebrated in by "centrists" who insisted that everything was fine and nothing could be changed - didn't just lead to a sense of helplessness, but also *hopelessness*. #Denialism and #nihilism are Siamese twins, and the YOLO approach to the #ClimateEmergency, #covid mitigation, the housing crisis and other pressing issues can't be disentangled from the Thatcherite maxim that #ThereIsNoAlternative.
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CW: Long thread/25
* "group size and the need to represent diversity":
https://www.nicolas.claidiere.fr/wp-content/uploads/DiscussionCrowds-Mercier-2021.pdf
* "pressures for conformity and concerns for epistemic reputation":
https://academic.oup.com/princeton-scholarship-online/book/30811
Realism is a demand dressed up as an observation. Realists like #MargaretThatcher insisted "#ThereIsNoAlternative" to #neoliberalism, but what she meant was "stop trying to think of an alternative."
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CW: Long thread/25
* "group size and the need to represent diversity":
https://www.nicolas.claidiere.fr/wp-content/uploads/DiscussionCrowds-Mercier-2021.pdf
* "pressures for conformity and concerns for epistemic reputation":
https://academic.oup.com/princeton-scholarship-online/book/30811
Realism is a demand dressed up as an observation. Realists like #MargaretThatcher insisted "#ThereIsNoAlternative" to #neoliberalism, but what she meant was "stop trying to think of an alternative."
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CW: Long thread/26
That's why they're so invested in the idea that - as #MargaretThatcher endlessly repeated - "#ThereIsNoAlternative":
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#its-pronounced-tape-ass
#Inevitabilism is a cheap rhetorical trick. "There is no alternative" is a demand disguised as a truth. It really means "Stop trying to think of an alternative."
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CW: Long thread/26
That's why they're so invested in the idea that - as #MargaretThatcher endlessly repeated - "#ThereIsNoAlternative":
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/08/tina-v-tapas/#its-pronounced-tape-ass
#Inevitabilism is a cheap rhetorical trick. "There is no alternative" is a demand disguised as a truth. It really means "Stop trying to think of an alternative."
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CW: Long thread/29
III. Pro-twiddling laws for users: Interoperability (both mandatory and adversarial - AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #ComCom):
https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/05/time-for-some-game-theory/#massholes
Monopolists and their handmaidens - witting and unwitting - want you to believe that their dominance is inevitable (shades of #Thatcher's "#ThereIsNoAlternative"), because the great forces of history, the technical characteristics of digital technology, and the sorcerous mind-control of dopamine-hackers.
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CW: Long thread/29
III. Pro-twiddling laws for users: Interoperability (both mandatory and adversarial - AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #ComCom):
https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/05/time-for-some-game-theory/#massholes
Monopolists and their handmaidens - witting and unwitting - want you to believe that their dominance is inevitable (shades of #Thatcher's "#ThereIsNoAlternative"), because the great forces of history, the technical characteristics of digital technology, and the sorcerous mind-control of dopamine-hackers.
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Since Joe Biden clearly explained #TrickleDown never worked, could we say he's a…
Puisque Biden a clairement expliqué que le #ruissellement n'a jamais marché, peut-on dire qu'il est un…
TINA Turner ?
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@danjones fair points. But privacy is only a subset of a much larger concern, which is about *control*. Putting aside the argument we could have over the "black box" part of my post, the fact remains that:
> outsourcing processing work to the user's PC - via JS - is exactly how #SurveillanceCapitalism achieves massive scale, while claiming that #ThereIsNoAlternative to centralized server infrastructure.
@aral -
@aral that's a fine distinction. As a developer, you're in a better position than I am to know. But you'll need to convince me. Because it seems to me that outsourcing processing work to the user's PC - via JS black boxes - is exactly how #SurveillanceCapitalism achieves massive scale, while claiming that #ThereIsNoAlternative to centralized server infrastructure. A myth they've propagated so effectively that even many developers have started believing it:
https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
