Comment on AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor
Aceticon@lemmy.world 9 months agoI think it’s pretty valid to point out that somebody who is against free software has an authoritarian posture.
Granted, the use of fascist might be incorrect (it’s a quite specific autoritarian ideology) and suffers from it’s overuse in a sloganized way (i.e. it’s commonly parroted by mindless political parrots), but in this case it’s not a bad shortcut to pass the idea.
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think using that term is fully regressing to tribalism. I believe that in some cases we can reach the goal by building consensus with the opposition. I’m sure we can see the world with more than 1 bit of resolution.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah, I do agree with that point of view.
Consider, however, that had you made it immediatelly in that original response as you did just now it would’ve come out as a perfectably rational and acceptable take rather than as just angry.
Whilst I understand being angry at people throwing “fascist” around like a slogan, I find an angry response to be counter-productive, not as much for the tribalist parrots who normally throw slogans around like that (those are beyond saving, IMHO) but for the audience.
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I could be wrong. but since I really didn’t intend to appear angry, and i was not angry I am not reading that in the comment. perhaps it’s the accusation of facism that riles people up. which was precisely my point.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Hah, the bit that really makes me angry is exactly that people running around parroting whatever the leaders of “their” “tribe” says (and who will do things like use “fascism” to describe things that are slightly autoritarian) do care enough to try to make things better.
They often have the best of intentions whilst damaging their cause and even being led by the nose like useful idiots (that’s the thing with tribalism: once people run around identifying with “the tribe” and following the “leaders” of “the tribe” they’re extremelly easy to manipulate).