lizzy مثلية الله ☭  Oct 16
i think at some point we need to recognize that the deliberate oversimplification of technology and our understanding of and interaction with it is an integral part of what keeps people dependent on tech corporations; that real software freedom is impossible without education and media literacy; and that labeling people who promote ways of using technology that enable & encourage actual comprehension and choice as "elitist" is an active attempt at keeping the general public in their dangerously uneducated state.

the easiest way to keep people subservient is to keep them dumb. knowledge is power; and we should have power over the tools that we spend the majority of our waking hours with instead of them having power over us.

RE: https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/115383414643559768
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@lizzy Very much agree.

In this age where computers are everywhere, it is very important to have a profound understanding how to deal with them. There is no need for everybody to be a kernel hacker. But nobody should be paralyzed from shock because a button looks slightly different. One needs a good enough understanding of things to find your way around.

I have no idea yet how to teach that to people though :-/

Oct 16 at 6:01pmWeb