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Hamish CampbellTrump and the tools of the old world order An example of this is The United States Agency for International Development (#USAID) which was presented as a humanitarian force for economic and social development worldwide. However, its origins and operations paint a different much darker path, of geopolitical manoeuvring and #neoliberal hegemony over the last 40 years. Now, with the hard shift to the right, USAID is being gutted, alongside other long-standing institutions of the U.S. "liberal" global order. Origins and the Cold War […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-the-tools-of-the-old-world-order/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-the-tools-of-the-old-world-order/</a>

witchescauldronThis is a key point that often gets misunderstood. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mainstreaming</a> isn’t inherently good or bad—it depends on who is influencing whom.Good <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> = Bringing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> values into the mainstream (transparency, decentralization, cooperation).Bad <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> = The mainstream (corporate control, surveillance capitalism, hierarchy) infusing itself into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> and reshaping it in its own image.In the current context, mainstreaming is mostly bad because it tends to dilute radical alternatives into market-friendly compromises. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a> (neoliberalism) doesn’t absorb things in good faith—it co-opts and neutralizes them.That’s why we need mediation, pushback, and a clear understanding of context when talking about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a>. Sometimes it’s the right move, but right now, the priority is defending and growing the roots of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> before our # <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashionistas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashionistas</a> can sell it off as a brand.

witchescauldronWhite Lies About Security and Privacy in the FediverseWe’re told small white lies about security and privacy to get us to boot up <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>. But the truth is, this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> tech is about dancing elephants throwing paper planes as a security/privacy model.Yes, this is simply not the right tool for the “common sense” privacy and control needs the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a> have. In reality, there’s already a wealth of mature, privacy-focused tech out there built specifically for that path.Enclosing the “commons” is a dark chapter in history for native societies — and we risk repeating this mistake if we misunderstand the political roots of decentralized social media.Let’s pause and check the unspoken/unthinking political aspect of this. Much of the desire to retrofit heavy privacy into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> comes from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> liberalism, which frames everything through fear and control. But the Fediverse wasn’t born from that path, it emerged from a trust-based, anarchistic culture.At its core, social media is: Social (one-to-many) Media (sharing news and events)It’s an inherently public activity.On the other hand, encrypted chat (one-on-one or in small groups) is an inherently private activity.The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> messily mix these two spheres together, but only because their centralized architecture makes it possible (and profitable). Of course, this is a black lie, since these platforms don’t actually respect the privacy they promise. Their entire business model depends on violating it.In the decentralized <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a>, public and private spaces have generally been separate and tidy — and that’s a good thing.But lately, some online discussions feel like an attempt to deliberately blur these lines, reproducing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> model under the guise of “common sense”, to the same failed path we’ve been trapped in for 20 years.We don’t need to reproduce the mess. We can have the best of both worlds: Public, federated social media built around the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> Private, encrypted communication for individuals and groups in P2P chatLet’s keep our focus on the true nature of social media and build tools that respect both public and private spheres, without falling back into the traps of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a>.

Hamish CampbellThese aren’t pointless projects #mainstreaming #liberalism has lost its way. For the past 20 years, many self-described liberals have spewed out bilge water disguised as "common sense." But when pressure mounts, they reveal themselves as dogmatic and intolerant, almost as if they aren't truly liberal at all. How did we end up in this mess? The #deathcult, #stupidindividualism, and the rise of #dotcons shaped the dominant version of "common sense," warping it away from collective care and into something narrow and […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/these-arent-pointless-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/these-arent-pointless-projects/</a>

witchescauldronWhen I call <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> people insane, I genuinely mean it. Common sense has become an illness born from 40 years of worshipping the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a>, leaving little actual “sense” in society. The insanity of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-insanity-of-mainstreaming/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-insanity-of-mainstreaming/</a>

Hamish CampbellFear, hope, and #climatechaos The path we are on, climate change, mainstream politics, and fear reveals a troubling pattern: in times of crisis, like #climatechaos, mainstream politics instinctively shifts to the right. It’s essential to understand the underlying role of fear in pushing this drift. Fear is a powerful political motivator. Right-wing ideologies thrive on it, whether the fear stems from economic instability, cultural change, or national security threats. In the current path of accelerating climate […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/fear-hope-and-climatechaos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/fear-hope-and-climatechaos/</a>

witchescauldronWe have “right” and “left” liberals, the right is blinded dogmatic worshippers of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a> where the “left” uphold capitalist principles, regulated markets, private enterprise, and incremental reforms and are terrified of radical changes. Tension in contemporary politics <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/significant-tension-in-contemporary-politics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/significant-tension-in-contemporary-politics/</a>

Hamish CampbellFeeding on the Roots: How Mainstreaming Devours Radical Movements We’ve had 40 years of head-down worship of the #deathcult, and now very few people dare to lift their heads to look around at the mess we live and die in. It is really hard to communicate to #mainstreaming people inside the #dotcons that today, way too much mainstreaming is simply parasitic. That the balance is out with them feeding, draining the life from grassroots #DIY creativity, to consumes it, and then discards the husk. This is in part why our liberal society and wider ecology are […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/feeding-on-the-roots-how-mainstreaming-devours-radical-movements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/feeding-on-the-roots-how-mainstreaming-devours-radical-movements/</a>

Hamish CampbellThe #fashernistas poisoned the well of alt-media This has been going on for ten years, at many steps, I meet defeatism and negativity. It’s frustrating, especially now, when the mainstream is visibly stepping away from the #dotcons and looking for a place to land. We should be building that landing space, but instead, we’re tangled in the wreckage of failed ideas and cynical inertia. Yes, stupid fashionable ideas have failed again and again, but that doesn’t mean the basics no longer work. The #openweb grew from simple, powerful […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fashernistas-poisoned-the-well-of-alt-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fashernistas-poisoned-the-well-of-alt-media/</a>

witchescauldronSystems thinking challenges traditional approaches to management research and practice. The temple of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a> – The Said Business School <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-temple-of-the-deathcult-the-said-business-school/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-temple-of-the-deathcult-the-said-business-school/</a> What do you think? How do we spark that shift in behaviour, that even they, softly, say we need to do.

Hamish CampbellClearly marking the difference between the #openweb and #closedweb The last decade has seen a rapid shift toward #mainstreaming, where the boundaries between #open and #closed have been intentionally blurred, is also mirrored in our alt paths. This #geekproblem confusion serves the interests of the #dotcons and the #deathcult, not the people. The language of the #hashtagstory sharpens this divide and give people the tools to see the reality of the paths they’re walking and engaging with. The #openweb, is built on the principles of the #4opens: open […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/clearly-marking-the-difference-between-the-openweb-and-the-closedweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/clearly-marking-the-difference-between-the-openweb-and-the-closedweb/</a>

witchescauldronThese are fundamental issues, and it’s good, necessary, to have strong opinions on them. Because not having an opinion? That’s a path straight back to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a>. What matters and what is dangerous <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-matters-and-what-is-dangerous/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/what-matters-and-what-is-dangerous/</a>

Hamish CampbellFood for thought today: Open is life. Closed is death Are our geeks feeding the #deathcult? Twenty years ago, the #openweb was all about open. Our bowing down to the #dotcons has left everyone pushing for closed. For death. We need to make some compost, this path in technology is social, rooted in the recognition that technology, at its core, is a tool created and used by humans to address social needs and challenges. While technological advancements on this path can bring about benefits and progress, they also have the capacity to perpetuate […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/food-for-thought-today-open-is-life-closed-is-death/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/food-for-thought-today-open-is-life-closed-is-death/</a>

Hamish CampbellThe Trump mess, Speech to Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR5Dmj6GK88 This starts so Nazi. Then goes onto the use of force, but the heckler gently leaves, which hides this. They then move to protect the border… and then pushes the internal border to exclude people internally who they don't want on the inside. Then the celebrating the braking of the old world order, and the dismantling of its structurers and norms. Then back to me, me, me, a recurring theam. They are removing the last 20 years of #fashionista […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-trump-mess-speech-to-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-trump-mess-speech-to-congress/</a>

Hamish CampbellTo remember our own history Over the last ten years, it’s wild how people barrel into grassroots tech projects like #OMN behaving like paranoid fuckwits — wreaking havoc and then scampering off to nurse their self-inflicted wounds. This pattern repeats so often it feels scripted. And yes, this is VERY bad behaviour. Please, try not to be like this. Thanks. These people, the #fashionistas chasing the latest fad, the #NGO prats clinging to crumbling institutions, and the geeks blind to anything beyond their screen, […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/to-remember-our-own-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/to-remember-our-own-history/</a>

hamish campbell<a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gerrymcgovern</a> its a hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a> :)

Hamish CampbellOpen Media Network (#OMN) is a Tool for Change and Challenge, Composting the Mess In activism and grassroots media, you inevitably face an ongoing, unpleasant truth: when pushing against #mainstreaming and the inertia of the #deathcult, bad faith comes at you like a storm. Your best, and often only, defence is to hold onto your good faith. But good faith alone isn’t enough, we need shared tools to compost the rot, turn the muck of broken movements and failed tech utopias into fertile soil where new paths can grow. That’s where the Open Media Network comes in. The […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/open-media-network-omn-is-a-tool-for-change-and-challenge-composting-the-mess/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/open-media-network-omn-is-a-tool-for-change-and-challenge-composting-the-mess/</a>

Tod dem FaschismusBeschreibung des ohne Alt-Text viral gehenden Bildes: Plakat in der Werbefläche einer Bushaltestelle in London: Hintergrund weiß, Schrift schwarz, oben : »Goes from«, darunter in sehr großer Schriftgröße: »0 TO 1939« darunter: »In 3 SECONDS«. Darunter ein Tesla von vorne, aus dem Dach kommt Musk mit seinem Hitlergruß. Darunter der Telsa-Schriftzug, darunter in anderer Schrift: »The Swasticar«Hintergrund: https://<a href="https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025/02/21/tesla-hate-elon-musk.html.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025/02/21/tesla-hate-elon-musk.html.html</a> <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/tesla-elon-musk-showroom-the-hague-swastika-anti-nazi-graffiti/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/tesla-elon-musk-showroom-the-hague-swastika-anti-nazi-graffiti/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeathCult</a>

Hamish CampbellBalance, Activism, Tension, Reframing, Extremism, To Cultivating Change The paths of the challenges we face in activism lies in the dynamic tension between the “fluffy” and “spiky”, two forces that shape the progress and direction of movements. The fluffy path leans into compassion, empathy, and collective care, while the spiky path channels righteous anger and confrontation. Both are essential, like two hands working together to break the soil for new growth. It’s vital to resist the dogmatic tendencies that demand purity in one direction or the […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/balance-activism-tension-reframing-extremism-to-cultivating-change/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/balance-activism-tension-reframing-extremism-to-cultivating-change/</a>

hamish campbellThe mess we make from worshipping the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a> for the last 40 years

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