alt Hacker Newsdjb has earned my massive respect for how consistent he's been in this regard. I love his belligerence towards authoritarian overreach in this regard. Him, Phil Zimmermann, Richard Stallman, and all are owed great respect for their insistence on their principles which have paid massive dividends to all of us through the freedom and software that has been preserved and become possible through them. I appreciate them immensely and I think we all owe them a debt of gratitude for their sacrifices, because they all paid a heavy price for their advocacy over time.
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tptacek • yesterday at 5:33 PM
That's the right pantheon, I think. Bernstein, Zimmerman, Stallman.
Massive respect from me as well. Insisting on principles is extremely tiring and demoralizing. Doing the right thing constantly requires some serious sacrifice.
The whole world ignores the principles out of convenience. Principles are thrown out the window at the first sign of adversity. People get rich by corrupting and violating principles. It seems like despite all efforts the corrupting forces win anyway. I have no idea how these people find the willpower to keep fighting literal government agencies.