If there's a risk of oppression, it's likely to be due to the power of a small number of people to control a large number. For instance the people who can affor

If there's a risk of oppression, it's likely to be due to the power of a small number of people to control a large number. For instance the people who can afford to employ a large pool of programmers have more control than those who can only write their own programs, or who at worst are confined to the user side of the relationship. Since I'm not in that first group, my only hope is to differentiate myself from the last one. Hence why I enjoy programming for my own use despite note writing "software" for other people to use.