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Some of us believe its a bad idea to sacrifice your principles... You don't know me friend. That's not the kind of thing that I would ever say to someone light

Some of us believe its a bad idea to sacrifice your principles... You don't know me friend. That's not the kind of thing that I would ever say to someone lightly. Your last line reads like some manifesto from the 90's. it's naïve in the extreme. The future will be controlled with force. Just like the past. How do you think the materials that make the computers are mined, extracted, and turned into the parts that make your shiny toy? Force. The idea that you are a freedom fighter is so laughable. Jesus Christ, that's so pathetic that I'm having a hard time thinking that you aren't trolling.

pdkl95 10y ago
> That's not the kind of thing that I would ever say to someone lightly That's your claim, not mine. > Jesus Christ, that's so pathetic that I'm having a hard time thinking that you aren't trolling. Ok, I'm done with you. You're either trolling or simply a naive apologist. Either way, I have better uses for my time.
- youdontknowtho 10y ago
  Riddle me this Morpheus...in your dystopian cypherpunk future, how are the employees of Foxconn or the miners of rare earth minerals in Africa going to compute their way out of their conditions? Naïve apologist? I'm telling you that your efforts on "protecting freedom" are a way for you to feel superior about yourself while still participating in the same system as the rest of us. You put nothing on the line, and arguing with people who disagree isn't a sacrifice. (It's a privilege.) Believing this woo-woo is a trick that you play ON YOUR SELF to feel like you have some measure of influence on things that you know...and you do know, deep down...that you don't and this is all bullshit. VIM or EMACS don't make anyone actually more free. It's so fucking insulting that you think by being a shrill know-it-all on a message board that you are personally involved in the struggle for human freedom...AND I'M NAIVE?

pdkl95 10y ago

> That's not the kind of thing that I would ever say to someone lightly That's your claim, not mine. > Jesus Christ, that's so pathetic that I'm having a hard time thinking that you aren't trolling. Ok, I'm done with you. You're either trolling or simply a naive apologist. Either way, I have better uses for my time.

youdontknowtho 10y ago
Riddle me this Morpheus...in your dystopian cypherpunk future, how are the employees of Foxconn or the miners of rare earth minerals in Africa going to compute their way out of their conditions? Naïve apologist? I'm telling you that your efforts on "protecting freedom" are a way for you to feel superior about yourself while still participating in the same system as the rest of us. You put nothing on the line, and arguing with people who disagree isn't a sacrifice. (It's a privilege.) Believing this woo-woo is a trick that you play ON YOUR SELF to feel like you have some measure of influence on things that you know...and you do know, deep down...that you don't and this is all bullshit. VIM or EMACS don't make anyone actually more free. It's so fucking insulting that you think by being a shrill know-it-all on a message board that you are personally involved in the struggle for human freedom...AND I'M NAIVE?