Us vs, us

Seth Gogin asks who wins in a game of Us vs. us.

For Communism to suceed, we need to raise our consciousness from the individualism that Capitalism that moulded us into, to a higher level:

When we steal or disrupt or game the system of a community we care about, we hurt everyone we say we're connected to, and thus hurt ourselves.

Communism requires a permanent revolutionary mindset:

Online communities are quick to form, but they're just as quick to fade, to become less open and to become less trusting because sometimes we have a cultural orientation toward taking, not giving. We forget to feed the network first, to take care of those we care about.

We have to throw away the profit motive for evaluating which choices to make:

Here's a possible standard: is it open, fair and good for others? If it's not, the community asks that you take your selfish antics somewhere else.

Godin concludes with:

Call me naive, but I think it's possible (and likely) that the digital tribes we're forming are going to actually change things for the better. But not until we embrace the fact that we are us.