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Ask HN: As a software engineer, what's the best way to push back against Trump?
Garry Tan recently tweeted that those who code should use their skillset to push back against a burgeoning surveillance state (https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/826120645754761216).
My question is how should we actually do this? I agree that it feels like a waste of a skillset to settle for going to marches or calling senators, since those seem like distinctly low leverage activities. So where can writing code be used to increase leverage when it comes to pushing back against a potentially dangerous government, within legal bounds obviously.
- tokenizer 10y ago> So where can writing code be used to increase leverage when it comes to pushing back against a potentially dangerous government, within legal bounds obviously. Make services and products that help people. Seriously, that's it. Anything else could possibly be illegal or harm your fellow Americans.
- cantstumptrump 10y agoCan't stump the trump
- a_j_c 10y agoHeadline should be changed from "Trump" to "the national security state" in my opinion. Let's not forget that we need to push back against the Corporate Dems selling us out just as much as we need to push back against the GOP/Trump.
- savethefuture 10y agoThe entire establishment really, and foreign countries like China, that continues to buy US companies (yahoo, riotgames, and plenty of others)