One of the deepest messes of the last 20 years is that people increasingly struggle to understand the word "us". They hear "me".

50 years of #neoliberalism, reinforced by its historical companion #postmodernism, have dug a deep well of poison. The last 20 years of #mainstreaming alt culture have been drinking from it.

Collective identity becomes individual identity. Shared responsibility becomes personal choice. Solidarity becomes a collection of competing interests.

This is how we lose the ability to act together, even when we're facing the same problems. We won't rebuild grassroots power by digging deeper into this well.

Don't drink from the mainstream. We need to compost this mess and rebuild cultures based on trust, solidarity and collective action.

That's part of what the #OMN and the #openweb reboot are about. Moving from "me" back towards "us".