I think the point this article is trying to make is that while individualistic consumer-level ways to sidestep enshittification do work for those who follow them, they don’t fight the bad actors back efficiently and to achieve that it needs to be done collectively.
unyons@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Defeatism will get us nowhere. The power of the people dethroned kings, and it will dethrone capitalism too.
I do agree that the actions of a single person are a drop in the bucket, but we can only fill the bucket if many of us offer their single drop. We each must do our part, no matter how insignificant that part may be.
hisao@ani.social 3 weeks ago
unyons@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Thank you for pointing this out. I honestly missed the link completely! I’m not usually the type to comment on a post that links to an article without reading it. Oops.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah the blog post is helper not doomer, but actually your point still stands anyways.
sundray@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
I agree! And, I think the linked essay agrees, also? I mean the last sentence literally says, “You can’t fight enshittification. But together, we can.”
That sounds very different than, “Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat. Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat. Acceptance of defeat without struggle.”
unyons@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I actually didn’t even notice the link to the article. Oops. Thanks for pointing that out.