Why is that strange? Technology's proliferation decentralizes political power nexuses, making it a near-existential threat to tyrants^Wgovernments everywhere.

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pixl97 4 hours ago | parent [-]

conversely

>Technology's proliferation centralizes political power nexuses

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DetectDefect 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Closed-source propriety systems certainly have this effect (subjugation), but this is not the Free technology I am talking about.

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pixl97 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Data and code are not the same thing. "Free technology" is just as free to enslave you as closed technology is.

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		> Data and code are not the same thing. feels a stir in the sea. The Lisp and Haskell people died a little inside