Technology is political.
If your project or organisation has a “no politics” clause, you’re saying you’re happy to exclude people whose very existence is political in our societies.
It’s only defensible if you’re coming from a place of privilege where the dominant politics are to your advantage so you can take them as given.
There is no such thing as “no politics”; there is only “no politics other than the politics of the status quo that I benefit from, which I’ve internalised as normal.”
@aral This is true. No politics is only possible from a position of privilege
Still, people do sometimes get tired of politics. And their internal motivations for doing things often exclude politics
I've often said that #woke is the greatest ideology of all, but at the same time it is also so incredibly difficult that no person in this world can pull it off all the time
This is why I call for wisdom, and compassion for those who cannot see their own error. Turning them against woke is worse!
Aral Balkan
Toni Aittoniemi
Raptor's Nest (He/Him)