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Argue about immigration and whose country is best while they gather the torches. Reduce the 'techlash' to another front in the forever culture war without cons
by ctoth 8y ago
Argue about immigration and whose country is best while they gather the torches.
Reduce the 'techlash' to another front in the forever culture war without considering how your hacker birthright is under attack.
Associate yourselves with megacorps and money, nice cars and 401(k)s.
Ally with those who hate privacy. [0]
Ally with those who practice psychological manipulation on a global scale. [1]
* Stallman warned us. [2]
* Wu warned us. [3]
* Doctorow warned us. [4]
* Schneier warned us and tried to explain it to everyone. [5]
> Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind.
> On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. [6]
[0] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/29/zuckerberg-privacy-stance_n_556679.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/29/zuckerberg-privacy...
[1] https://www.vox.com/2018/8/8/17664580/persuasive-technology-psychology https://www.vox.com/2018/8/8/17664580/persuasive-technology-...
[2] Anything the man has written in the last 35 years
[3] https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empires/dp/0307390993 https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empire...
[4] https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
[5] https://www.lawfareblog.com/security-or-surveillance https://www.lawfareblog.com/security-or-surveillance (He has another better article about the start of the new crypto wars but I can't find it)
[6] https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence