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Is the "Year of Linux" actually a trap? (the.unknown-universe.co.uk)
submitted 2 weeks ago by TheIPW@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I’ve spent years championing Linux as the only escape from Big Tech, but I’m starting to get twitchy.

While we’re distracted by the Steam Deck making Linux "mainstream," the corporate players and politicians are busy building a digital cage. Between California’s AB-1043 mandates and Microsoft’s "Face Check" infrastructure, I’m worried we’re heading for a hard schism: "Sanitised Linux" vs the "Free Rebel" distros.

If the compliant, age-gated version becomes the industry standard, where does that leave the rest of us? Digital exile?

I’ve put some thoughts together on why the "Golden Cage" is closing in and why education, not mandates, is the only real fix.

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[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Here's one way that liberal fascism maintains control:

  • Maintain control of everything
  • If control is lost, create mass hysteria about "social media", "kids," "addiction", "islam", "immigration", whatever, etc.
  • Steamroll everything.
  • Regain control.

It's how they got TikTok, etc. It's how they'll try to get Lemmy, Linux, VPNs, etc. The wild part is how many lib "allies" will fully support this.

Yes, it's a trap like everything else. It's another front in the struggle.

[-] thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Just to underscore what you said, this is achieved in FOSS via control of non-profit orgs & a monopoly on consumer chip architecture (for the time being)

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

The fascists' weakness is their extreme overconfidence in everything they do.

[-] thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah "will to power" isn't real. You end up hunting for the Holy Grail and shit

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