Comment on European Commission cuts funding support for Free Software projects
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoJust vultures. It’s pure corruption. People of the kind that already rule Russia.
Any kind of progress, justice, right etc they don’t respect.
Big fish eating smaller fish is one thing they respect, and they also want more privacy while stealing, and the ability to spy after everyone else and coerce courts and institutions.
It’s that simple.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Agreed. We have allowed our democratic system to be quietly stolen from us without even really noticing. I think we either need to properly reclaim it or to start new systems away from it. The Fediverse is a really good example of the latter.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The fediverse exists in the web, while they exist in the reality and command police, people in airports and train stations, military, internet service providers, etc.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I would argue that the web is part of reality - it’s our main method of communication. It might be small but I think it’s a good example of successful self-organisation away from government/business/finance.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s definitely not small, and backbones and intercontinental cables and such are not self-organization.
Late 90-s and early 00-s web, however were such an example. But they still relied on benevolence of ICQ and AIM owners, OS vendors, organizations making standards.
wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That’s why we should follow the example of the French and do a Revolution every now and then!
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Revolutions are destructive and have bad potential. But a certain degree of unchecked chaos is useful.