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Capitalism sucks so much that it's tough to even find decent service providers online. I am sickened by people like Andy Yen of Proton (who have had a lot of my money over the years, but not for much longer) spouting "both sides" bullshit, evoking Swiss neutrality tropes with false equivalence between fascists and anarchists, Zionists and Palestinians, and @aral recently reminded me of how the Desmond Tutu quote applies here: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." I'm sick and tired of techbro culture narratives deliberately disconnecting tech liberties from civil liberties and freedom.

Worik

@MediaActivist

> Andy Yen of Proton (who have had a lot of my money over the years, but not for much longer) spouting "both sides" bullshit,

What are you referring to?

@MediaActivist

Thank you

I am not disturbed by what I see their

Encrypted "host proof" platforms must serve everybody. Freedoms are for people we hate, otherwise they are not.

@worik That's not quite what this is. I think Signal's Meredith Whittaker sums it up effectively: the technology should be private and secure for all, yes, but the ethos should never hold a neutrality between freedom and fascism. The very principles of such tech and civil liberties are in opposition to fascism, and just as Meredith Whittaker has, we should all champion opposition to fascism. Expressing "neutrality" is, after all, simply supporting the oppressor.

@MediaActivist There are plenty of fascists on Signal

I do not care, I am on Signal too

There is room for disagreement about political philosophy, and the paradox of tolerance. When it comes to tech, I count the bits, not the views

@worik You've clearly missed my point. I literally stated the technology should be private and secure for all - so telling me there are plenty of fascists on Signal is a moot point (and shows how fucking ignorant they are, using tech from those that despise them). Anyway, good luck finding "room for disagreement" as fascism increases. Maybe you're not as familiar with Karl Popper as you'd like me to believe.

@MediaActivist @worik Meredith seems to be one of the few decent people in tech at the moment.