Reaching the Sheeple, Building a Cpunk Symbiot Army

[oshwm]

Not much I can add but +1 :)

This is a great idea, even the best technical solutions will fail if
they do not gain a significant mass adoption and all of these groups
have friends outside of their respective groups.

On 15/11/15 06:53, grarpamp wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 4:53 AM, rysiek <rysiek at hackerspace.pl> wrote:
>> Dnia poniedziałek, 9 listopada 2015 22:41:16 Tomas Overdrive Petru pisze:
>>> Really? So what is purpose of this thread if I can ask? To complain that
>>> ordinary people are sheep?
>>
>> I am slowly starting to think that this is the purpose of this whole *list*.
> 
> Cpunk care about the sheeple, and their gripe is a legit frustration...
> sheeple seem to be biologically unreachable regarding the risks
> they face in this area.
> 
> Can anyone point out a successful strategy that has been used for
> the cpunk to reach and enlighten them such that they make some sort
> of change for themselves, or act to change their world?
> 
> Now look at a certain subset of sheeple... the NRA.  These folks
> are built of the same sort as the average sheeple, but it is
> discovered one thing that motivates and resonates them... guns, and
> the surrounding rhetoric and issues.  And it so happens that they
> also have a strong interest in privacy and dislike of government
> nature. They mention against the NSA and spying and databases in
> their convention speeches, you can find them on youtube. And their
> political action call tree and fundraising is one to be reckoned
> with. If cpunks would just reach out, these guys would be a close
> symbiot army.  For example, if you show them your encrypted chat
> app it's not long before lightbulb and they ask you "Wait, so you
> mean I can talk shit with my buds about how many rounds of ammo I
> got in the basement, moonshine, and that damn president we got...
> all without the gubmint hearing me?" "Yep," you say, at which point
> you've become instant friends.
> 
> Yet where is the cpunk set up with a booth at NRA conventions and
> gun shows giving demos and handing out pamphlets???
> 
> The sheeple may be mostly hopeless cause, but there are various
> groups that could be allied with in order to multiply cpunk numbers
> to the level necessary to effect change.  Which ones and why?
> 
> The religious...
> Doctor Patient...
> Attorney Client...
> ???
> 
> Where is Cpunk focusing its efforts and getting results?
> Wasting on Johnny who might not ever get it, or on cultivating a
> symbiot army that will cause change and thus bring something new
> to Johnny by default.
> 

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