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nullsense | 2 years ago

That seems naive in the extreme.

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rakoo|2 years ago

It's naïve in our system where problems are not solved as a group, but as a sum of individuals. If you don't trust someone to do something on your computer, then you also probably don't trust them to do much more outside; how can they be a part of the community if they aren't to be trusted ? We have abandoned all community-building to the state, and the state decides collective rules even though the state cannot manage a group this size with the best intents, especially considering the political-economic system we're in; it must assume everyone is problematic by default, and everyone's interest is at odds with the state interest.

Stallman talks about anarchy, a system that seems to have been in place there at the time; one of the central tenet of anarchism is conviviality and building a community together. Everyone who is part of the community is trusted. In this system, you don't need passwords.

nullsense|2 years ago

Everyone pretty much is problematic.

TylerE|2 years ago

I mean, it's Stallman. Of course it is. Has anyone who was so wrong about so much ever achieved such celebrity, at least outside of Politics?

It's amazing he didn't destroy the entire movement.