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>and the handful of people who are sincerely concerned about them are now engaged in a tattered and obviously doomed rear-guard action. This is very demeaning
by davexunit 10y ago
>and the handful of people who are sincerely concerned about them are now engaged in a tattered and obviously doomed rear-guard action.
This is very demeaning and insulting. The revolution is alive and well.
- brennen 10y agoSince it was unclear from my comment: I consider myself an active (if entirely unimportant) participant in the movement, and the state of affairs I describe is one I'm deeply concerned by. I still see it as broadly true that we're in bad shape and losing ground fast.
- davexunit 10y agoHmm, sorry for misinterpreting, but I disagree that we're in bad shape. Free software has never been more popular. I've never been able to do more with 100% free software than right now. I owe my career to free software. The threats are great, I agree, but we will keep fighting.
- brennen 10y ago> I owe my career to free software. Me too. :) I'm not giving up - and I agree that both as an end user and a developer, there's plenty to appreciate right now. Still, I think there are a lot of hard, complicated thoughts to be had about the distribution of power and the direction things are headed.
- davexunit 10y agoYes, fully agree. This is a difficult time for all social justice causes.