> be me
> ex-tech support wagie living in the frozen wastes of Canada
> watch news, see surveillance state literally killing people
> get radicalized.mkv
> decide to write a passionate call to arms for the self-hosted community
> "guys, it's not a hobby anymore, it's resistance infrastructure"
> type it out with proper grammar and formatting because I
> post to Lemmy, expect maybe 12 upvotes from fellow nerds
> wake up next day
> 1000+ score
> notifications.exe has crashed
> open comments to see the revolution beginning
> half the thread: "WE RIDE AT DAWN"
> other half: "OP IS A FED TRYING TO HONEYPOT US"
> apparently using bullet points and spellcheck makes you a CIA psyop in 2026
> if it
> mfw my "evil honeypot" is literally just telling people to use end-to-end encryption that I can
> logic 100
> meanwhile, the "privacy absolutists" screech about purity
> I don
> just want to give normal people parallel tools that actually work for THEM
> realize this is my life now
> the revolution isn
> the revolution is breaking down "infrastructure" into tools grandma can actually use
> is this resistance?
> refresh page
> guess I
> maybe.jpeg
It’s doomsday prepping. It’s the IT equivalent of keeping 17 guns in your cottage with your buckets of food.
Useful in some highly specific cases, pointless in most. But if you enjoy doing it, there’s no harm.
Yeah you can use Tor as an example of “Resistance” infrastructure, it only really exists because Western governments themselves need to use it and the asymmetry in how information can be shared in western countries vs the enemies of western countries makes the calculus more in favor to let it operate. iirc most Tor nodes are in 5 eyes countries. The government could just force everyone into closed source backdoored apps if they really wanted too.
Really the only way to have “Resistance” infrastructure is to have another state actor aligned with it. The enemy of our enemy is our friend after all.
Having communication tools that avoid big tech is resistance. It doesnt require doomsday to be useful. Tech companies are luring people into giving away too much data by reducing our available options. Creating alternatives is resistance to that movement.
Just recently i was looking to buy a second hand fridge and realised that most people around here advertise those in facebook pages. I even tried to recreate an account after years of not going there. But it asked me to scan my face… just to create a fucking account to view those fridge posts… Since i dont want that, im locked out of that market…
Prepping is about surviving the collapse of the system.
Resistance Infrastructure is about replacing the functions of the system so it doesn’t matter if it collapses or not.
I like this. It’s like giving ourselves the tools of power in case the people need to reclaim them.
That’s what preppers do too. Providing their own food, water, shelter and security so that they’re not reliant on the system. Hosting your media is really just stockpiling entertainment, like someone else might stockpile food.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to do, and it might even be useful in some events.
Nah, preppers don’t grow their on food and do the community organizing required for security, they buy a months worth of food and 13 guns as a form of consumption. 2020 literally had those privileged fucks rioting to go to Applebee’s and get professional haircuts.
The difference lies in the community aspect of it. Self hosted stuff can very eaaily be shared between people. Preppers usually Jeep their stuff to themselves instead of sharing in the community and helping each other out
I guess I wanna be that guy for my friends and family! It’s a fun past time for me haha