OK this is a stupid question, but why have Linux projects (apparently) fallen over themselves to comply with an age-recording statute in a single US state (albeit a large one), when those projects have been failing for decades to respect national and even international law regarding disability?
#accessibility #disability #linux #FreeSoftware #fascism #AgeVerification #infantilism
Because it's not a single state, not even a single country. I think this video about systemd is elucidating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5AcreFk40U
Watch until the end, because the last message is important.
I don't think that's what he is saying, but rather that we are pointing our criticism at the wrong people.
@ammdias That is the same bullshit as limiting your suggestions to go vote to change the situation while continuing to go to work like the obedient serfs that they are … instead of finding other ways to change the situation like organizing a general strike.
No matter who US-Americans voted for in the last US presidential election, the winning candidate would give the world genocide in Gaza.
Politicians can't code. It's certainly not them who'll add the surveillance features into our operating systems. *Someone* is doing it for them. If that someone refuses, it's not going to happen. Begging politicians seldomly helps. Criticize those who implement their fascist wishes.
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