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Technology in Socialism (lemmy.world)
submitted 14 hours ago by sahin@lemmy.world to c/socialism@lemmy.ml
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We are living in a world owned by tech companies. People have 6 hours of screen time on average, mostly spent in capitalist apps like Fb Google Amazon Insta Reddit Youtube Chatgpt etc, and these companies shape people's opinions.
Without owning these apps, or creating an alternative that people use, it is very hard to change anything, because they can manipulate people easily, and actually people became zombies with this much screen usage.

So what is the plan? How can we create alternatives? Is there a socialist development movement? Or how can we own the existing companies? How can the govnments use these companies in a socialist environment?

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[–] sahin@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

But, majority of the western world tech is ruled by the elite. What are we gonna do? Will we stop using them, or will we own the ruling of this tech?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

We have to establish socialism, and gradually appropriate it into the public sector. No need to stop using the tech altogether, just pivot it towards pro-social goals. In the meantime, FOSS can help fill the gap.

[–] sahin@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

But, they will work against us, I don't agree with you. We have to either force them to be open source, or rule them, or use Foss only

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 12 hours ago

That's why you establish socialism first, ie a society where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy and the working classes in charge of the state. You also don't need to force them into being open-source, though that's nice. We're eventually collectivizing all production and distribution anyways. I'm not really sure what you're disagreeing with.