[p2p-research] coalition of the willing animation ...

[Michel Bauwens]

I think the scepticism is warranted, makes it just a little harder to be won
over ...[?]

nice movie but the updates to the site do not show an active movement behind
it ...

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Dan Brickley <danbri at danbri.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Michel Bauwens
> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I missed this when it came out, any comments?
> > http://coalitionofthewilling.org.uk/
> > the animation is really worth seeing, but I have questions about
> > centralising swarm efforts 'from the top down' as it were?
>
> It's very beautifully done, which only made me feel a little
> uncomfortable as the nameless, voice-actor'd narrator urged 'us' to
> come together to make a war on global warming. When things look so
> expensive, I like to know more clearly who is paying the bills and
> whose voice the materials are speaking for. Especially when the word
> 'we' gets used so liberally. I'm not sure I buy the story of 60s
> idealism being corrupted by consumerism either, but that doesn't
> particularly matter.
>
> Sorry, this is coming across over-skeptical. It's good stuff, I just
> find the level of marketing polish makes me wary; that's a pity, that
> I seem to be conditioned to expect progressive messages to be
> amateurish... :/
>
> cheers,
>
> Dan
>
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