There's quite a lot of this kind of admiration for authoritarianism tucked away in nooks and crannies of the tech community. It survived mostly off the rationale that people should always be free to express their conscience, even in the case of extreme ideologies - which was rather common in spaces populated by "outsiders" a few decades back, of course.
I have to imagine that idea made its contribution to recent events, attracting the wrong sort of people and delaying a response.
It's all very much worth reconsidering from our new perspective.
> tucked away in nooks and crannies of the tech community
It's everywhere. And it's a shame since BLM was nominally all about opposing police, but it's very clear that America as a whole loves police despite what they claim.
And when they don't love actual police, they love being police towards other people, whether it's about politics, class, culture, mannerisms, etc.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 16.5 ms ] threadI have to imagine that idea made its contribution to recent events, attracting the wrong sort of people and delaying a response.
It's all very much worth reconsidering from our new perspective.
It's everywhere. And it's a shame since BLM was nominally all about opposing police, but it's very clear that America as a whole loves police despite what they claim.
And when they don't love actual police, they love being police towards other people, whether it's about politics, class, culture, mannerisms, etc.