Nezumi @Nezumi@computerfairi.es

I think the idea that authors have the right to invalidate their fan's experience of their work is harmful to the process of identity formation and normalizes exclusive claims of intellectual property which are at odds to both how ideas are formed as a culture and instrumental to class oppression in the form of propagandizing popular media for the ends of an imposed elite culture (hegemony). The radical impulse to me is culture jamming, or radical re-appropriation and assertion of counter-narrative interpretation. However, the institutions of intellectual property are disproportionately backed by violence in the form of censorship, both literal and culturally imposed restraint of speech (e.g. fear of a YouTube strike).

This leads the only risk free avenue of dissent the boycott. However, this does the harm of normalization. The performative counter-narrative act is a co-opted endorsement of the moral legitimacy that leads to the very cultural influence that necessitates the boycott. It normalizes the idea that we hold no say in the stories we use to inform our process of self-identity. It cordons off chunks of our soul-stuff for billionaire media conglomerates to revoke on a problematic whim.

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However, things start to go wrong, when you realize that a lot of the voices he's been amplifying are the voices of popular Youtubers, a lot of whom are part of the cryptofascist skeptic community. Then, there's the reminiscing of the old bygone era of the internet, with the implicit desire to enact a palingenesis of the online culture circa 2007. Calling it the "golden age" of the internet.

Here's the truth, there are no golden ages of the internet, every era has its own set of issues and problems, and I can tell you that 13 years ago, the internet was a toxic cesspit of neoliberalism, where online american jingoism started becoming popular, not to mention all the normalized homophobia, transphobia, misogyny and ableism running rampant.

The scary thing about fascism is that is has an uncanny ability to hide amongst reasonable arguments. Take this video, for example :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU6CuSMzNus

This is cryptofascist propaganda. It primes you, the unwitting viewer, by touching upon a current frustration with the way things are today as far as online communication is concerned. And those are legitimate concerns, don't get me wrong, corporate monopolies controlling the discourse, spying on you for profit and political status quo maintenance are ALL things we should be fighting.

*windows voice* but what if we simply didnt support the industry standard

Hey, listen, fellow leftists, can you *not* assume that every case of depression is due to capitalism and that suicide is a better option than antidepressants? That'd be real great, thanks.

Much love,
Someone who came real fucking close to killing herself multiple times and whose life has been made immeasurably better by antidepressants