Re: The Imperative of Free Software

[Davis Remmel]

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.

--
Davis