I appreciated the original message and find it relevant.
Software freedom is fundamentally about power, it's not just a manner of
software development. The concern about power is intimately tied to
wealth in society today.
Nobody gets to be billionaire, ultra-wealthy by actually producing a
On Tue, Apr 25 2023, Abe Indoria wrote:
> I mean, even if I disagree about the whole wealth=evil equivalency, I agree
> 'to a degree' about authoritarians centralizing most platforms as a
> sorta-kinda means to control us, I just don't think this is the proper list
> for this. If a majority of
What does this have to do with libreplanet lol? I'm sure there are
other mailing lists for this content. You can't just add "We need free
software now" at the end of a multi-paragraph rant about wealth and
call it libre software related.
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 1:52 PM Davis Remmel
I mean, even if I disagree about the whole wealth=evil equivalency, I
agree 'to a degree' about authoritarians centralizing most platforms as
a sorta-kinda means to control us, I just don't think this is the
proper list for this. If a majority of what you had said was about
Dear all,
I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I am really tired of the
ultra-wealthy.
They are a self-enriching plutocracy, and I mean that in the most
literal sense. I am not just throwing fancy words around. I mean: the
rich use their riches to woo and shoo ordinary folks to
On 4/25/23 16:01, Abe Indoria wrote:
I mean, even if I disagree about the whole wealth=evil equivalency,
I'm sorry that you thought I called the ultra-wealthy evil. I believe
their intentions might very well be noble, but when one or a few people
exercise control, that is undemocratic
On 4/25/23 15:55, Abe Indoria wrote:
What does this have to do with libreplanet lol? I'm sure there are other
mailing lists for this content. You can't just add "We need free software
now" at the end of a multi-paragraph rant about wealth and call it libre
software related.
I'm sorry, I just
