Yeah you can use Tor as an example of “Resistance” infrastructure, it only really exists because Western governments themselves need to use it and the asymmetry in how information can be shared in western countries vs the enemies of western countries makes the calculus for in favor to let it operate. iirc most Tor nodes are in 5 eyes countries. The government could just force everyone into closed source backdoored apps if they really wanted too.
Really the only way to have “Resistance” infrastructure is to have another state actor aligned with it. The enemy of our enemy is our friend after all.
h333d@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Prepping is about surviving the collapse of the system.
Resistance Infrastructure is about replacing the functions of the system so it doesn’t matter if it collapses or not.
qualia@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I like this. It’s like giving ourselves the tools of power in case the people need to reclaim them.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
That’s what preppers do too. Providing their own food, water, shelter and security so that they’re not reliant on the system. Hosting your media is really just stockpiling entertainment, like someone else might stockpile food.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to do, and it might even be useful in some events.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
Nah, preppers don’t grow their on food and do the community organizing required for security, they buy a months worth of food and 13 guns as a form of consumption. 2020 literally had those privileged fucks rioting to go to Applebee’s and get professional haircuts.
h333d@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I guess I wanna be that guy for my friends and family! It’s a fun past time for me haha
Micromot@piefed.social 15 hours ago
The difference lies in the community aspect of it. Self hosted stuff can very eaaily be shared between people. Preppers usually Jeep their stuff to themselves instead of sharing in the community and helping each other out