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### THE DEPLATE MANIFESTO ###
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[Version 0.1.0] [DRAFT]
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# WHAT IS DEPLATING?

Deplating (verb):
1. The act of dismantling platform monopolies
2. Returning the internet to its decentralized roots
3. def: de·plate /dēˈplāt/ (from de- "undo" + plate "foundation")

# MANIFESTO
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0. THE PROBLEM
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The internet has been captured.
Platforms have become prisons.
Users have become products.
Innovation has become permission-based.
The garden walls grow higher.

1. OUR POSITION
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We reject the platform paradigm.
We reject centralized control.
We reject surveillance capitalism.
We reject digital feudalism.
We reject the status quo.

2. CORE PRINCIPLES
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* Information wants to be free
* Code wants to be open
* Networks want to be decentralized
* Power wants to be distributed
* Platforms want to be deplated

3. THE PATH FORWARD
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> Build alternative infrastructure
> Support open protocols
> Develop self-hosted solutions
> Create peer-to-peer systems
> Educate and empower users

4. CALL TO ACTION
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- Fork this manifesto
- Run your own servers
- Host your own data
- Build local networks
- Share knowledge freely

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