“The #4opens are difficult to mainstream precisely because they redistribute power.

- #OpenData challenges information monopolies.
- #OpenSource challenges technological dependency.
- #OpenStandards challenge platform lock-in.
- #OpenProcess challenges hidden governance.

These are practical mechanisms for keeping communities in control of the systems they depend on. This is also why #DIY matters, communities that create their own media, archives, governance and infrastructure are much harder to absorb than communities dependent on external institutions. Autonomy creates resilience were dependency creates opportunities for co-option.”

https://hamishcampbell.com/if-power-stays-where-it-has-always-been-then-the-language-may-have-changed-but-the-system-has-not/