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[–] barraccuda 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
We are more like an incubator of arguments. People come here and are exposed to things they don't get to see elsewhere. They see ideas and arguments they haven't before and some of them even take those arguments and ideas out to other people. We are not the free marketplace of ideas, we are the black market place of ideas.
[–] syntaxaxe 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
A black market of ideas. I've never really thought about it like that, but that's an excellent way to put it.
[–] barraccuda ago
I don't remember where i picked it up but it stuck
[–] Fagtardicus ago (edited ago)
bitch please, /pol/ has at least 100x our numbers; if any single website is influencing the public itd be them
[–] barraccuda ago
Easy there champ, i never said we were the only website.
[–] MaFishTacosDaBombBro ago
I wonder if we can take these ideas and make them mainstream, taking us out of the black market of ideas and into the bright spotlight of some unknown platform. Perhaps a free speech video platform like YouTube might work. Or, take out ads in the local paper.
[–] barraccuda ago (edited ago)
We dont even have encrypted networks of information distribution. We dont have known trusted brokers. We dont have a formal structure that isnt susceptible to organisational damage. We dont have a global political aparatus. We are relying on organic groups. We are a social groups created by environment, not drawn together by leadership.
We have many holes to fill. I dont know where to start.
Then again, its a bit chicken and egg. If we move into prominence then the information network becomes populated by our opposition. How do we prevent the political momentum from flipping this coin endlessly.
Edit: I wonder when i started conceptualizing this side as we