The first 30 theses are ready

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• Thesis 1 — The internet is not dead; it has been hijacked by five gatekeepers
• Thesis 2 — Those who enclosed the open internet are now selling you the story that true freedom was something from the eighties
• Thesis 3 — In the real world, no one would accept what we’ve been swallowing online for years
• Thesis 4 — The enclosures are almost complete, but the last gate is still open
• Thesis 5 — Only a truly open internet provides true digital freedom
• Thesis 6 — Exit without building is fleeing; building without exit is collaborating
• Thesis 7 — An open internet restores privacy’s original power
• Thesis 8 — An open internet frees your voice and creativity from arbitrary control
• Thesis 9 — An open internet makes true economic freedom possible again
• Thesis 10 — The digital cage is expanding into the real world
• Thesis 11 — We don’t need to invent a new internet — we need to start using the old one again
• Thesis 12 — Back to protocols that no one owns
• Thesis 13 — Your data belongs to you, not to a platform
• Thesis 14 — Portable identity and reputation
• Thesis 15 — Social networks without a central owner
• Thesis 16 — Messaging apps without Big Tech
• Thesis 17 — Video and content without YouTube or TikTok
• Thesis 18 — Search without Google
• Thesis 19 — Send money without banks or Big Tech
• Thesis 20 — From collecting followers to building real communities
• Thesis 21 — Practical first step: create a Mastodon account today
• Thesis 22 — Replace WhatsApp with Element (Matrix)
• Thesis 23 — Take your photos and files into your own hands
• Thesis 24 — Use a Nostr client and claim your npub
• Thesis 25 — Join (or start) a local community node
• Thesis 26 — Support open source projects financially
• Thesis 27 — Teach one person an open alternative this week
• Thesis 28 — Companies and governments: demand interoperability and open standards
• Thesis 29 — The open internet is no utopia — it is a choice we make every day
• Thesis 30 — This manifest is only the beginning

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