As we get closer to the election, I have realized something which is important to the #fediverse, be it #Mastodon, #Misskey, or any other #instances...

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

Elon Musk, the person many people fled Twitter to avoid is now effectively a member of Trump's inner-circle, and should Trump win, he will have direct influence over the #FCC and #FEC. The consequences of this will be disastrous, not only because it will end all regulation of his businesses, but will allow him to directly attack the Fediverse using regulatory levers. While it's not clear if there is any legal backing for this, most #US based #servers cannot handle this.

This is on top of the partisan fight over #NetNeutrality, which Trump went after during his time in office, but Harris will likely protect, just as previous Democrats did.

That is why I have no choice, not simply as an #American citizen in a marginalized group, but #TechHub's head of #moderation, to tell my fellow American users to vote for Kamala Harris.

Our #Network may depend on it.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

...and to continue for a moment, let me get into the personal side of this.

I really do love this place, so full of interesting people that I don't think I'd encounter anywhere else, so full of actual discourse, and yet so safe for many groups who don't otherwise have a platform they can feel safe on. Not only that, I see this place is being directly beneficial to #democracy and perhaps human #culture itself: I believe very strongly in the #Fediverse, as a movement.

That's why I #volunteer as a #moderator on #TechHub in the first place, it's why I work so hard to bring people together, it's why I put together that massive "worst actors" #blocklist.

This call out is not simply an attempt to capitalize politically for some random candidate, I really and truly do believe that Donald Trump will be a threat, not only to many of our most beloved creators, but to this network itself, should he win.

Kamala Harris, despite any flaws, is most certainly our ally. Vote for her, get your friends to vote for her.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

And I will say, part of what I think makes this somewhat significant for me to say is that Tech Hub is not a liberal server by any means: we are probably one of the most conservative servers on mainstream Fedi. At the end of the day though, there are a few things that we obviously all agree on, and we wouldn't be here if we didn't...

Gay, transgender, and other queer people have a right to exist in public as themselves.

Black, native, hispanic, and other nonwhite people must have equal rights under the law, and should be protected from racism.

Democracy is the most legitimate form of government, and dictatorship and fascism are failed systems which must be stopped.

...and the best community is one that is not controlled by corporate interests, but the community itself.

Long live the Fediverse, and VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS.

Futurist

@Raccoon
Good luck from Europe.

That sounds like your whole internetwork is in threat and nor your network alone.

May the #idiocracy future not come true.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

@Futurist
I really should thank all the #Europeans who've sent us messages of support. I feel like we've been trying to drag a lot of the #US users to the polls at this point, because they seem to not understand the scope or gravity of what losing would mean, but everyone from #Europe seems to get that there are stakes here.

So thanks, the encouraging comments are really appreciated.