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  1. A Brave New World?

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

    The motivation for this site was a misinformation epidemic that became a misinformation crisis during election 2024. Including:
    lies amplified over an online network called "Truth Social" and a news network called "fair & balanced" that had to pay $787 million for lying about the prior election.
    a Supreme Court ruling called "Citizens United" that allows Corporations to fund misleading election advertising.
    the world's richest man spreading falsehoods over his 600 million user network and donating nearly $300 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 when I launched LiberalHearts.com -- the world's first political dating site, soon after the Election 2000 debacle. 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.

    I previously ran a political forum for a decade. I applied what I learned here. I envision NBP as a kind of think-tank for putting together ideas to share on other social networks -- rather than replace your participation there. Your voice needed everywhere. Ultimately, however, what this site becomes is up to you. I'd like it to run as a co-op non-profit. And pass it on into the hands of others, so it might out-live me.

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