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Free speech — it’s coming to the USA. Even Twitter billionaire Jack Dorsey is now talking about the need to decentralize the social media giants which dominate global discourse. Of course, like oil giants Exxon and Chevron, these tech monopolies also want to delay the alternative future — with Google and Facebook threatening to shut down the Internet in Australia if they’re forced to pay reasonable fees for their massive news theft. And these tech giants are already buying decentralized social media engines to make sure they’ll own the future too. But this is all the more reason for us to declare our independence from Facebook and the other prison camps of thought.

To keep independent media alive, you must help support it. You can do this by donating or subscribing and by joining the discussions — not on Facebook or Twitter but in our own oases of open discussion. As I’ve written, I have started subscribing to about a dozen independent sources of news and commentary, outlets, blogs and newsletters that I value for their bold reporting and free thinking. I, too, have now put up my shingle with The David Talbot Show — and I’ll continue writing my frequent posts as long as you find them valuable.

Please donate today — and please join the discussions on these pages. Believe me, your thoughts are much more valued at The David Talbot Show than on Zuckerberg’s plantation.