submitted 1 day 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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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day 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.

[-] sahin@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

There is a vicious cycle, that prevents socialism take over.

People use social media owned by capitalists
People do not think about socialism because their life is on the capitalist apps that investigate people's opinions
Socialism doesn't get popular
People continue using social media, getting addicted.

I couldn't exactly write, but social media etc is owned by them. I agree, AFTER socialism takes over we can think of a way of using it, but it prevents socialism to take over

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago

Socialism won't come around because people are thinking about it, but by organizing for it. Social media often spreads anti-capitalist messaging, even if it's censored, simply due to people feeling the need for it due to capitalist decay.

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