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Why is that strange? Technology's proliferation decentralizes political power nexuses, making it a near-existential threat to tyrants^Wgovernments everywhere.
by DetectDefect 9mo ago
Why is that strange? Technology's proliferation decentralizes political power nexuses, making it a near-existential threat to tyrants^Wgovernments everywhere.
- pixl97 9mo agoconversely >Technology's proliferation centralizes political power nexuses
- DetectDefect 9mo agoClosed-source propriety systems certainly have this effect (subjugation), but this is not the Free technology I am talking about.
- pixl97 9mo agoData and code are not the same thing. "Free technology" is just as free to enslave you as closed technology is.
- deleted 9mo ago[deleted]
- freedomben 9mo ago> Data and code are not the same thing. feels a stir in the sea. The Lisp and Haskell people died a little inside