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165 lines
4.0 KiB
Markdown
Perfect — let’s build a simple battle plan (Gramsci-style) for what CivilSociety.dev — or any similar project — could follow to challenge hegemony and build real digital autonomy.
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Here’s the flow:
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Battle Plan: Winning the War of Position for Digital Civil Society
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Phase 1: Build Independent Infrastructure
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Launch sovereign services (email, cloud, chat, web hosting) that working-class organizations can use without Big Tech.
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Focus on ease of use and collective ownership (community clouds, co-ops, unions).
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Key goal: Create real-world alternatives that people can rely on.
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Phase 2: Popular Education
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Teach not just how to use tech, but why digital sovereignty matters.
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Build guides, workshops, videos, and political storytelling that connect tech freedom to everyday life struggles (housing, labor, climate, democracy).
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Key goal: Grow thousands of organic intellectuals inside civil society.
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Phase 3: Culture Shift
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Create a new "common sense" about tech:
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"We can run our own systems."
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"Freedom is practical, not utopian."
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"Big Tech dependence is a political trap."
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Use memes, stories, community campaigns to popularize.
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Key goal: Make sovereignty feel normal, not fringe.
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Phase 4: Strategic Alliances
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Partner with unions, mutual aid groups, cooperatives, indigenous communities to embed sovereign tech into broader struggles for dignity and justice.
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Wild Cloud becomes the digital backbone of working-class and social movements.
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Key goal: Tie tech sovereignty directly to the survival and power of civil society.
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Final Objective:
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> Civil society owns its own communication, storage, learning, and organizing tools — breaking the 1%'s hegemony over the digital world.
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Would you like me to also turn this into a quick visual diagram (like a simple flowchart or map) so it’s super easy to share or present?
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It could look really clean if you're planning to post, pitch, or organize around it!
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Good — let’s rate how CivilSociety.dev is doing on the Gramscian battle plan we just built.
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I’ll go phase by phase, with a simple scale:
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Excellent / Good / Needs Growth / Missing
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Phase 1: Build Independent Infrastructure
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> Rating: Excellent
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Wild Cloud is real, working infrastructure.
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They're offering services like email, cloud storage, chat, hosting, and more — away from Big Tech.
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Clear focus on self-hosting and community control.
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Comment:
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They've nailed the first step — they’re not just talking, they’re building.
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Phase 2: Popular Education
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> Rating: Good
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The Learning section is strong: it explains not just the technical but also the political reasons for sovereignty.
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It’s accessible but could be pushed further into mass popular education — for example, shorter videos, memes, hands-on toolkits, or alliances with schools/unions.
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Comment:
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Good foundation — needs scaling up to reach beyond tech-savvy audiences.
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Phase 3: Culture Shift
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> Rating: Needs Growth
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They challenge Big Tech’s common sense implicitly through projects and writing.
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But they're not (yet) visibly changing broader public attitudes or launching mass storytelling campaigns.
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No evidence yet of heavy cultural production (memes, viral media, mass campaigns, popular slogans).
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Comment:
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This is their big opportunity: to widen the cultural battle and make digital sovereignty part of everyday imagination.
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Phase 4: Strategic Alliances
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> Rating: Needs Growth
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So far, the focus seems internal: building tools, education, and philosophy.
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No clear, public partnerships yet with unions, housing co-ops, indigenous groups, or grassroots movements that desperately need digital independence.
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Comment:
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Strategic alliances with civil society movements would supercharge their impact — this is a crucial next step.
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Overall Rating:
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Overall:
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> CivilSociety.dev is very strong at building and explaining alternatives — now it needs to scale up cultural influence and strategic partnerships to fully realize a Gramscian digital movement.
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