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It's because people associate the word with actual government dictatorships and they immediately fall into the freedom and democracy patriotism mode. The reali
by corethree 3y ago
It's because people associate the word with actual government dictatorships and they immediately fall into the freedom and democracy patriotism mode.
The reality is much more complex. If bdfl can work for open source it technically can work for the real thing as well. The keyword here is "can".
- notpushkin 3y agoYeah, the actual difference is huge. If your open source dictator sucks, you can use different project, or fork it, or start your own. If your real life dictator sucks, you can move your family for half your life savings and hope your next dictator is better, or try to protest and get killed.
- corethree 3y agoNah not that huge. It works in many places. See Singapore and if you can look past freedom and patriotism biases... you can live actually live a very good life in china under a dictator. Democracy is also a bit of an illusion. How often has a protest changed things? why is there huge wealth inequality and power concentrated among the few? Democracy Looks like much of the bad things associated with "dictatorships" with useless freedoms like voting and protesting as an outlet.
- notpushkin 3y agoYeah, I don't believe democracy is the solution, just that dictatorship isn't either.