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  1. A BRAVE NEW WORLD?

    Vii Category · V3 · 12/02/2024 05:56 AM

    The motivation for this site was an epidemic of misinformation that became a crisis of misinformation during election 2024. Including:
    lies amplified over an online network called Truth Social and a "fair & balanced" news network that had to pay $787 million for lying about the prior election.
    a Supreme Court ruling called "Citizens United" that allows Corporations to fund election misinformation.
    the world's richest man spreading falsehoods over his 600 million user network and donating $277 million for misleading ads.
    news and social-media adopting a hands-off approach to fact-checking candidates and their propaganda.

    Whether deceptions turned the election or not, one thing is certain -- too many people voted against their own best interests. Not because they're mean or stupid. Because their emotions were manipulated.

    For me, the journey to newBluePlanet started with the Election 2000 debacle. Soon after, I launched LiberalHearts -- the world's first political dating site. I retired it and myself a few months before Election 2024 -- until I realized there was an even more urgent need for a space where progressive thinkers and liberal hearts could connect and be heard.

    Ideally, the Internet's "world-wide web" should have opened minds instead of providing closed bubbles where fears could fester and be exploited. I'd like to think that together we can pop some bubbles. But not only do I need your help. I need you to lead. My time will be divided on other projects that share the same goal but will use the mediums of music and film as tools.

    This is not my first political forum. I ran one for a decade and I applied what I learned. I envision NBP as a kind of think-tank for putting together ideas to share on other social networks -- rather than replace your participation on them -- where your voice needs to be heard. Ultimately, however, what this site becomes is up to you. My goal is for it run as a co-op non-profit. And, in the hands of others, to out-live me.

    I go by V3 here. Me, version 3 (relating to my ongoing transition from father, to son, to holy spirit). It will be my pleasure to meet you and hopefully work with you.