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@jeffcliff VC has a life cycle, as #Rushkoff says in his 'Throwing Rocks...' book, and yes, it pushes tech towards serving the wealthy.
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@jeffcliff as I said to @mattcropp replacing VCs with an ethical tech investment infrastructure is the only possible way out of that cycle
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@jeffcliff @mattcropp crowdfunding of projects like #Diaspora and #Loomio gives us a glimpse of what's possible when VCs aren't in charge
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@jeffcliff @mattcropp but it doesn't seem like creating secure jobs working on libre tech can be sustained by one-off donations.
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@jeffcliff @mattcropp I suspect the solution lies in affordable fees ("micro-subscriptions" *not* micro-payments) a la the #Patreon model
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@jeffcliff @mattcropp basically we need many community ISPs providing services (eg email) separate from the ISPs that supply our net access
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@jeffcliff @mattcropp by "community" ISP I mean a user-centric provider *not* trying to get VC, get acquired, or grow into one of The Stacks
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@strypey @jeffcliff I like the framing of #coop as the #EquitableExit. I do worker-ownership conversions in my day-job, so the legacy mindset that drives small biz owners to self-finance a retirement sale to the workers could be better cultivated in tech culture. Lots of "community" rhetoric (like Zuck's manifesto), but the structures don't match...
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