In a social media format, it's difficult not to get swept up in the "Me, Me, Me" sentiment that it takes to make it into prominence. It's completely understandable, as well, given that if your goal is to become a popular member of the online community, you have to build up your online brand in order to do so. Even here on Minds.com, where the rules are completely in favor of those who are hungry enough to build up their name, it takes a lot of dedication and self-promotion to become a recognizable figure in the community.
At the risk of sounding like a drum circle-loving hippie, we also have to remember to bring others up along with us and promote ideas and voices besides our own. Especially on Minds, where the cut-throat, brutal nature of other social media sites is virtually non-existent, it behooves us, as an online community, to show support to our fellow brothers and sisters in and outside of the site.
Think of this platform as a garden, the users of the site as gardeners, and our voices and opinions as seeds we plant in that garden. As garderners, our objective is to make sure that our opinions and our brands become cultivated in a way where it'll flourish. The more time and effort we put into learning how to do that properly, the better chance our seeds will grow into strong, beautiful flora that everyone can come to appreciate. However, it's no good if we have a garden with only a few fully-grown plants while the rest of the garden is filled with weeds or has plants that are struggling to grow.
We need to help the other gardeners, who may not be as experienced at gardening or may not know all of the techniques we know to help them cultivate their plants. When we do that, they'll have a better chance at becoming just as good or even better, as gardeners, than the rest of us. The metaphor applies to us all, in this community, when it comes to what we do on this site and how we plan on getting there. It's no good if we only communicate with and promote a few people to make this site and our reputation grow. It has to be a community effort to help us get our voices heard and to influence others in their search for truth.
It doesn't matter whether or not you have the same views as another person. Hell, I'm sure that there are people that I've helped support who think that Anarcho-Capitalism is a batshit crazy ideology. Even though my goal, as an AnCap, is to help convince others that Anarcho-Capitalism is a peaceful and achievable form of society, I could never justify becoming self-absorbed in that quest at the cost of failing to promote views that non-AnCaps have in common with me.
We all want very the same things: to live in a peaceful, enriched, and orderly society where there is virtually no violence commited against one another, where our rights of speech and expression are met with calm, civil discussion, and where no one will force us to believe or do things we do not believe is moral or ethical. In order to achieve that kind of society, we have to work together and support each other to get there. With how wonderful, respectful, and intellectually-rich this community is, I think humanity is not only capable of this kind of feat, but is well on it's way to achieving it.
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