From: Michael Wehram via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
To: Davis Remmel <d@visr.me>
Cc: Abe Indoria <indoria@aindoria.com>, libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
Subject: Re: The Imperative of Free Software
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:05:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46c9a6b88e3e7aa36c91fef59514dacb@wolfsburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e64136f9-5942-5b07-d17c-113fe5d0f03e@visr.me>
Hello,
I don't know if I understand that correctly, but in the end it's always
people who act.
My understanding is that free software helps me to work in a way that is
not subject to any control. Nobody looks at what my program or I am
doing as a user. But I can still strive for world domination with free
software, make evil plans and so on. The software is not decisive for
that, but that is the moment when I decide which way to go.
--
mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Michael Wehram
https://michaelwehram.de
Am 2023-04-25 23:27, schrieb Davis Remmel via libreplanet-discuss:
> 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 (today, being done mostly
> through financial mechanisms), and this is a structure of society that
> I feel is important to discuss because I believe society should be
> controlled by the public, not the few or ones.
>
> Free software is the best antidote to this control because it is the
> only kind of software that legally resists capture by any individual.
>
> It seems when the topic of social control is not discussed, the
> situation gets worse. And, by virtue of the wealthy controlling today's
> mass media, and especially them controlling proprietary online social
> media and their ability to influence other kinds of small media (they
> can even influence the fediverse by purchasing bots), some ideas aren't
> ever heard, maybe just being drowned out in the noise, especially the
> ideas that are critical of the establishment.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-25 20:51 The Imperative of Free Software Davis Remmel via libreplanet-discuss
2023-04-25 20:55 ` Abe Indoria
2023-04-25 20:58 ` Davis Remmel via libreplanet-discuss
2023-04-25 21:01 ` Abe Indoria
2023-04-25 21:27 ` Davis Remmel via libreplanet-discuss
2023-04-25 23:27 ` Aaron Wolf
2023-04-29 17:05 ` Michael Wehram via libreplanet-discuss [this message]
2023-04-25 22:56 ` Greg Farough
2023-04-26 17:05 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto via libreplanet-discuss
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