To reach the few - is Folkets mission

Not long ago, I was sitting on a bench in Fælledparken with a good friend.

We were satisfied with the bench because it was in the shade.

However, it turned out that the area behind the bench was frequently used by people needing to urinate.

And on a sunny and warm May 1st, the number of people needing to urinate in Fælledparken is considerable.

The need to relieve oneself of urine is unavoidable - and if you consume large amounts of liquid, the need doesn't diminish.

I personally feel that I take in the world around me in abundant measures, and I need to release some of it again.

I like to do that through words.

Words that I write here on Folkets.

My friend actually asked me why I kept writing on Folkets, and now I've given my answer.

But why write specifically on Folkets?

Why not on Facebook or one of the countless other social platforms that host people's inclination to announce?

There are several reasons for my decision, but one of the most significant for me is that social platforms don't develop us. My impression is, on the contrary, that they mostly shut us off from the outside world.

In other words, the usual social media become a filter through which one sees a very small part of reality.

You could say that social media have become so large that they encompass too many people in a closed loop:

1. Social media ->
2. You ->
3. Back to 1.

In other words, social media become both people's impressions and people's expressions. Which then forms a circular closure.

This closed loop restricts people's world to an extent that we are probably just beginning to understand.

Folkets, on the other hand, is a place I return to after being in other places. Outside the closed loop of social media.

So on Folkets, I can satisfy my need to express myself without trapping myself in a circular closure.

But doesn't it get a bit lonely on Folkets then?

Honestly: Yes! When most people are caught in the closed loops of social media, it becomes lonelier in other places.

And there probably isn't even an audience for what I publish on Folkets.

But maybe there is - if not in Denmark, then globally.

So that's simply the idea now with Folkets:

To reach the few - wherever they may be.