From: Danny Spitzberg <stationaery@gmail.com>
To: fischersfritz@sent.at
Cc: "C. Cossé" <ccosse@gmail.com>, "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>,
"Pedro Lucas Porcellis" <porcellis@eletrotupi.com>,
libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
Subject: Re: COVID-19 testing
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:16:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEYaDQNrn=j7H_zpqu6yWXYdxP8=m-gxAzzfFTTk7+vQ9-Bfag@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1mGxXp-0004Y8-5F@lists.gnu.org>
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Interesting points. I wonder if it’s possible to say who was worse for
people- Mussolini or Walgreens.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:15 AM <fischersfritz@sent.at> wrote:
> When I commented earlier on my surety, I took Danny's uncertainty to be
> about whether the software and the software substitutes are in the area
> of fascism because of the unethical licensing and the consequent
> likelihood that the software is malware.
>
> Jean Louis has confirmed that he is sure of his statement about
> fascism. He has also elaborated on many policies related to SARS-CoV-2
> and explained that he is sure those are fascist.
>
> I thus wish to confirm that I am considering only the aspects
> of SARS-CoV-2 policies and implementation related to software,
> since I consider the other issues to be out of scope for the present
> mailing list. For purposes of present discussion, I am accepting
> COVID-19 testing as a reasonable request in the context of interest,
> and I am considering only whether the de facto requirement
> to be used by malware is fascist.
>
> Jean writes:
> > 1. (2) fascism -- (a political theory advocating an authoritarian
> > hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism))
>
> Earlier I commented that I am sure the effective smartphone dependency
> has certain aspects that I think to be part of fascism, but I wasn't
> familiar enough with fascism to classify it as fascism. Using the
> definition that Jean presented, I can now classify this de facto
> requirement as surely fascist. The components are satisfied as follows.
>
> * The political theory is that government services should be outsourced
> to companies who may decide whether and how to provide those services
> to the people.
> * The new government is the company, which is hierarchical as opposed
> to democratic or liberal.
> * The company is authoritarian because if its power in establishing the
> rights and responsibilities of the involved parties. It decides that
> services will be allowed only under a contract that it furnishes and
> that the services will in fact be dis-services that run proprietary
> software. The normalization of such contracts with non-governmental
> governments reduces their accountability. The software licensing
> further reduces accountability: Because the software is proprietary,
> it is impractical for the people (and the democratic government)
> to understand what it does, and people (and the democratic government)
> are prohibited from removing malware from the software.
>
> Thus we have fascism as defined by whatever dictionary Jean used.
>
> Danny, I remain curious about your unsurety about fascism and your
> thoughts on monopoly. Do you know why you were unsure about the
> situation being fascism? Also, what is your thought on the distinction
> between fascism and monopoly as a description of the situation
> of interest?
>
> Cordially,
> Fischers Fritz
>
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Interesting points. I wonder if it’s possible to say who was worse for
people- Mussolini or Walgreens.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:15 AM <[1]fischersfritz@sent.at> wrote:
When I commented earlier on my surety, I took Danny's uncertainty to
be
about whether the software and the software substitutes are in the
area
of fascism because of the unethical licensing and the consequent
likelihood that the software is malware.
Jean Louis has confirmed that he is sure of his statement about
fascism. He has also elaborated on many policies related to
SARS-CoV-2
and explained that he is sure those are fascist.
I thus wish to confirm that I am considering only the aspects
of SARS-CoV-2 policies and implementation related to software,
since I consider the other issues to be out of scope for the present
mailing list. For purposes of present discussion, I am accepting
COVID-19 testing as a reasonable request in the context of interest,
and I am considering only whether the de facto requirement
to be used by malware is fascist.
Jean writes:
> 1. (2) fascism -- (a political theory advocating an authoritarian
> hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism))
Earlier I commented that I am sure the effective smartphone
dependency
has certain aspects that I think to be part of fascism, but I wasn't
familiar enough with fascism to classify it as fascism. Using the
definition that Jean presented, I can now classify this de facto
requirement as surely fascist. The components are satisfied as
follows.
* The political theory is that government services should be
outsourced
to companies who may decide whether and how to provide those
services
to the people.
* The new government is the company, which is hierarchical as
opposed
to democratic or liberal.
* The company is authoritarian because if its power in establishing
the
rights and responsibilities of the involved parties. It decides
that
services will be allowed only under a contract that it furnishes
and
that the services will in fact be dis-services that run
proprietary
software. The normalization of such contracts with
non-governmental
governments reduces their accountability. The software licensing
further reduces accountability: Because the software is
proprietary,
it is impractical for the people (and the democratic government)
to understand what it does, and people (and the democratic
government)
are prohibited from removing malware from the software.
Thus we have fascism as defined by whatever dictionary Jean used.
Danny, I remain curious about your unsurety about fascism and your
thoughts on monopoly. Do you know why you were unsure about the
situation being fascism? Also, what is your thought on the
distinction
between fascism and monopoly as a description of the situation
of interest?
Cordially,
Fischers Fritz
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References
1. mailto:fischersfritz@sent.at
2. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
3. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-20 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-17 12:26 COVID-19 testing fischersfritz
2021-08-17 15:04 ` Pedro Lucas Porcellis
2021-08-17 15:14 ` fischersfritz
2021-08-18 17:30 ` C. Cossé
2021-08-18 17:59 ` Jean Louis
2021-08-19 22:02 ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-08-19 22:33 ` fischersfritz
[not found] ` <611edc43.1c69fb81.6f03c.bfe9SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com>
2021-08-19 22:40 ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-08-20 5:10 ` Jean Louis
2021-08-20 5:58 ` fischersfritz
2021-08-20 14:16 ` Danny Spitzberg [this message]
2021-08-20 14:27 ` fischersfritz
2021-08-20 5:04 ` Jean Louis
2021-08-20 14:28 ` Greg Farough
2021-08-18 23:24 ` jahoti via libreplanet-discuss
2021-08-19 12:56 ` fischersfritz
2021-08-20 0:56 ` jahoti via libreplanet-discuss
2021-08-20 1:41 ` fischersfritz
2021-08-20 22:46 ` jahoti via libreplanet-discuss
[not found] ` <mailman.109.1629302443.4936.libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
2021-08-18 23:32 ` COVID-19 testing (fischersfritz@sent.at) Arthur Torrey
2021-08-20 16:49 ` fischersfritz
2021-08-20 17:22 ` Arthur Torrey
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