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Note: Judging by the comments, a lot of people are obviously not reading the post and are instead assuming we are calling for defederation of lemmy.world. That is not the case, and in fact the opposite is true. LW already temporarily defederated anarchist.nexus once, and the evidence suggests Mr Kaplan is now pushing for full defederation of all the FAF instances. We are trying to build a coalition of instances that will agree to defederate from lemmy.world IF Kaplan goes ahead with the defederation. Apologies if you weren’t aware of the context.
🏴☠️ Hoist the Black Flag: Pledge to Boycott Lemmy World!
… if Lemmy World dares to defederate from any ship in the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/, https://anarchist.nexus/, and https://quokk.au/.
Mateys, we can’t let a mega‑instance captain bully the rest of the fleet just because their ship’s bigger. If Lemmy World tries to throw the FAF overboard, we’re calling for a show of solidarity: a fediverse blockade of Lemmy World in response, until the landlubbers see reason (i.e., there is an acceptable change in their leadership and/or this policy).
This is about mutual aid, not mutiny - standing together so no single admin gets to rule the seas unchallenged. A united armada of smaller instances can absolutely blunt Lemmy World’s outsized influence (and, let’s be honest, their ego).
☠️ A word to the captains: before hoisting colours or locking in a course, we ask ye to let your crew have their say. Run a poll, open the deck for discussion, and listen to the voices aboard your vessel. These seas belong to all of us, and decisions that shape our fediverse should be made together, not from the captain’s quarters alone.
If other captains be keen to chart this course with us, drop anchor and make the pledge public in the comments. The more hands on deck, the harder it is to sink any one of us. Let us know if you are holding a vote!
dbzer0 and AN members can vote on this pledge in [email protected], and quokk.au will be holding their own vote.
🏴☠️ Solidarity forever, and fair winds to the Flotilla!
governance type: sense check
It would be nice if people would just do what you think is right. But back in the real world, you have to look at different perspectives and find a solution. Maybe military or economic pressure against iseal is the only way they’ll pay attention. But some of them probably feel the same about stopping Hamas. There are certainly some evil people in the world, but most people lash out and attack based on some perception of fear. If we can’t find some sort of compromise, we have to go with might is right, and that likely won’t end nicely.
Yes it’s very hard to see any validity in some people’s stance and you just have to stand up and say ‘no’.
That said, racists are usually driven by fear and ignorance. The antidote can be education and assurances of safety. It’s harder and takes longer than killing them, but it’s probably worth it.
In the meantime, will you stand with the oppressed, or coddle the violent racists because they had a bad childhood?
I will stand with the oppressed and fight for justice. But if I see a way forward that involves compromise and less suffering, I may advocate for that also.
And if there is no way to compromise with the oppressors?
Then I stand with the oppressed and fight for justice. Was that not clear from what I said?
That’s a propagandist’s way of saying “if you’re getting bullied, don’t fight back or observers might think you’re the bad guy”. Sometimes violent reprisal is the normal, correct response to someone else’s behavior. I choose to find less violent responses regardless, but I would never demand someone else live by that standard. Sometimes someone is gonna have to use might because someone else is living by Might Makes Right and violent reprisal is literally the one and only thing that will make them stop victimizing others.
Fair. Sometimes one needs to fight back. But when both sides get stuck in that mode, it’s not great.