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Which is a large part of why what cryo32 said will come to pass.
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Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up.
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> Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism.

Defeatism says otherwise!

> Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up.

Unfortunately when the struggle is against other people, especially the incumbent powers-that-be (in this case the capitalist overlords), those that refuse to give up have to fight long and hard to get enough other properly in the fight, and victory requires something drastic like at very least mass protests perhaps up to civil war level.

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Only if people succumb to defeatism. There have been documented instances of that not happening.
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Those cases are rarely nice fluffy conflict free times of change, unfortunately.
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Commenting on an Internet forum is what's easy.
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> Defeatism is easy

I prefer easy.

If you prefer difficult, more power to you.

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It's the same easy as falling out of a plane without a parachute. Gravity will do all the work but you'll not like what happens at the bottom.
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Isn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport?
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You were never at an airport. You fell asleep in your bed and woke up on the plane. Fighting the people taking you somewhere you don't want to go is definitely more work than falling out of the plane. It just has a specific advantage.
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> who really enjoys being at an airport?

Not every airport is a huge commercial building with hundreds of people (also, you wouldn’t visit one of those to parachute jump). Some are akin to cozy shacks without a lot of traffic where you’re in and out in no time.

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> I prefer easy.

Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that.

Have you also stopped working, paying your bills, showering, eating, interacting with other people? Not doing any of that is easier than doing it.

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> Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that.

I’m here to remind the thousands of readers that they are not alone.

The vast majority (99%?) of us, absolutely do not give a shit about open source.

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Do you have any concrete plan to make things better that doesn’t involve magical thinking or pseudo-appeals like “everyone just needs to…”?
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So is taking without giving back.
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