"Information wants to be free" was always a pretty marginal part of the California Ideology[0]. The main difference between now and thirty years ago, is that n

"Information wants to be free" was always a pretty marginal part of the California Ideology[0]. The main difference between now and thirty years ago, is that now they're only "anti-statist" when the state tries to control them personally. They're pro-state when it's being inflicted on their perceived enemies or underlings. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Californian_Ideology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Californian_Ideology