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by anigbrowl 2503 days ago
Write code to support radical causes, groups, or infrastructure. Or study existing capitalistic infrastructure and use your engineering skills to shine a light on how it works, whether that's discovering symbiotic financial relationships, illuminating lines of physical supply, or identifying logistical pain points.

Sure, recycle, be a thoughtful consumer, write your representatives, but direct action gets the goods. Look into alternative approaches to governance and autonomous political structures too. There are lots of ideas and projects floating around that could benefit from a technical assist, and (sort of like Linux) you can just show up and start doing it, just be open to advice and suggestions along the way.