On 08/09/2020 02:11 PM, grarpamp wrote: >> https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/10458 >> https://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16559200&cid=60174924 >> https://developers.slashdot.org/story/20/06/12/0543254/openzfs-removed-offensive-terminology-from-its-code > > Most opensource project issue trackers now experiencing same. > > Master/slave? ...
What's funny here is that these authoritarians are functioning as masters. So they ought to start by eliminating themselves ;) <snip> > But does seem they forgot to destroy some devices in their PC's first > to set proper example. OK, they oughta nuke their PCs first. <snip> > Of far more important matter to this forum... > > Remember, authoritarians also deploying some of the same SJW > style methods to condition you susceptible so that you will remove > strong crypto, decentralization, privacy, p2p, anonymity, > cryptocurrency, distributed voluntary cooperation, etc... > the very cypherpunk cryptoanarchism... from your code. Yep, they're a bunch of fucking thieves and rapists ;) > Be aware of that, don't fall susceptible, > continue writing the cypherpunk code of cryptoanarchism. > May it yield a more free peaceful forceless loving world. "Do what thou wilt. Love is the law. Love under will." > I strongly suspect the people who are pushing for these things > fall into two camps. The first camp are people who genuinely want to > control the language, and by proxy, thought. These are very dangerous > people and should be resisted at all times. Not just resisted. They must be killed after their first offense. > The second camp are people > who genuinely want to do something so they can be a part of this > current trend and feel like they are participating in a meaningful > way. These are ordinary decent people, but are certainly influenced by > the bluster and actions of the first camp. Agreed. > Here's the thing, though. If you're in the second camp, your > actions will not save you from the first camp. The authoritarians in > the first camp are fundamentally about control, and if you stand in > their way, your past actions will mean nothing. Anything less than > complete subservience to whatever ideology is currently in vogue in > the first camp, is treated as a viral attack and is stamped out with > extreme prejudice. Your past capitulation will not serve you in the > future. Exactly. > Nobody--at least nobody with a lick of sense or > proportion--actually thinks that changing "master/slave" to something > else will accomplish anything of substance or real value. It's nothing > more than a publicity stunt to demonstrate that you are not like those > people over there, the racists. It's a signal of your adherence to the > new narrative, nothing more. The authoritarians in the first camp will > acknowledge your signal, and they now know that later you will be more > likely to accept the next click on the ratchet. Make no mistake, > however; when they ratchet it too far for you, nothing you did in the > past will save you. > > It's the behavior of cults, and used to great effect at > controlling behavior. What's surprising is how many tech people are > susceptible to it. Cults, sure. But fundamentally it's the behavior of dictatorships.
