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Technology in Socialism (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week 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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[–] antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Cowbee is right. Technology and its uses are reflective of the societal organization they are created and used within. The effects are downstream of the prime motivations of those who pull the levers at the top.

What you are describing is not necessarily an evil part of technology itself but rather the manifestation of the capitalist class to keep the masses sedated and controlled both to profit off of them and to propagandize them into remaining docile and subservient.