So I’ve seen a few posts regarding news outlets calling the protests a failure, and I don’t really think that’s the case. The protests have clearly made an impact, especially if the Reddit CEO is willing to oust MODS to reopen subreddits. I truly believe that something has been jump started here on Lemmy, Kbin, and all of the fediverse. What happened on Reddit has simply pushed those already on the fence, or looking for other social media platforms to jump ship. I truly believe the impact is greater than what the media and Reddit in general want us to believe. Something has started here on the fediverse that simply cannot be stopped, all we can do is inform others and show why it’s the future of aggregated news boards and social media.
I think that what’s happened in the last hundred or so years, for China, during the Cultural Revolution, and for the USA, since Vietnam, the ideology of social anarchism, along with the whole piracy movement has had a far reaching impact on people throughout society.
The modern concepts of freedom of information, direct action and skill sharing has effectively crushed and displaced both fascism and economic opportunism/gatekeeping that plagued the cold war generations, as it gives everyone, thle tools and opportunities for another renaissance, opening the door for further innovation and creativity, etc