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I never said that people not caring about FOSS was going to lead to societal collapse, I said that it was a symptom of a much larger problem in society that wil
by Arizhel 10y ago
I never said that people not caring about FOSS was going to lead to societal collapse, I said that it was a symptom of a much larger problem in society that will lead to collapse.
As for the British, they're completely irrelevant these days, and becoming even less so with Brexit.
- pdelbarba 10y agoRealistically, the colonial era and Brexit were symptoms of two totally different issues. The greater British empire disintegrated in much the same way as those belonging to the Dutch, French, and Spanish. Brexit was the result of the EU being very dependent financially on England (and Germany etc) but it wasn't an issue of England disintegrating, it was the EU falling apart (and if you like a little conspiracy for breakfast, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics).