Post #239428
2026-02-01 10:43 UTC
Replies (14)
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@hyde@lazybear.social 2026-02-01 12:03
@amirbkhan all those f*ckers of techbros dont believe in democracies anymore. They all want free cities, islands, or any part of the world ruled like a company. And, that's why they are all licking tho orange puppet's ass ...
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@kingmoth@mastodon.social 2026-02-01 12:51
@amirbkhan Partially agree with the statement as democracy existed way before open source, although it’s true that FOSS enforce the democratic processus inside gouvernment and institutions. After, will an authoritarian regime might not see any benefit as promoting FOSS, some open source initiative can still exist but will be heavily monitored by the gouvernment, like Red Star OS from the North Korean.
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@AstaMcCarthy@mastodon.pirateparty.be 2026-02-01 13:19
@amirbkhan The other way around is also true: If our democracies don't switch to Open Source software, we will lose democracy. #Democracy #OpenSource
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@knowprose@mastodon.social 2026-02-01 13:54
@amirbkhan 1/2 #freesoftware and #opensource will continue, regardless IMHO. They exist in dictatorships, socialist and other regimes. They are sturdier because they chase an ideal of democracy. We tend to say #democracy is under threat, and to a large extent this is true - the very nature of the ideal. But when people use it, they sometimes confuse the ideal with the varied implementations which were already broken by design when compared with the ideal.
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@matera@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-02-01 15:22
@amirbkhan I can't agree on a cause and effect relationship. What I see is that Open Source and Democracy have a lot in common, and it's lack of participation and just fucking guts that kills either/both.
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@zimzat@mastodon.social 2026-02-01 15:22
@amirbkhan a technological fix will not solve a sociological problem. Open source won't prevent the loss of democracy. It may make it easier to defend, in some scenarios, but it won't help when it's not facts being debated. Or an open source orphan crushing machine is still an orphan crushing machine.
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@SciPolTech@mastodon.online 2026-02-01 14:35
@amirbkhan A liberal democratic society must include the right to develop and share technology, adopting openly developed and shared technology can certainly aid in protecting liberal democracy.
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@JackMexa4@mastodon.social 2026-02-01 15:45
@amirbkhan And the billionaire techno feudalists humanity hater pedophile tech bros are actively attempting to destroy democracy.
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@eobet@oldbytes.space 2026-02-01 16:00
@amirbkhan I disagree with the first part, but agree with your added second part: https://oldbytes.space/@eobet/115995905646370035
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@mmokhi@mastodon.social 2026-02-01 16:47
@amirbkhan @FiLiS Yes but also IMHO another very important conclusion is where and for who you demonstrate your passion for the technology and the opensource! It’s important to admit that “I’m neutral” and “I do tech for tech” are really nothing but lies! People who make technologies accessible for dictatorships and oppressors, whether they approve of them or not, are complices! (Eg. state censorship machines of some countries that most likely is run by IT experts who sold their souls)
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@Daniel_Blake@mastodon.top 2026-02-01 17:48
@amirbkhan @_elena I don’t think you have quite understood the message there.
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@Argyle13@xarxa.cloud 2026-02-02 08:10
@amirbkhan partially agree. Besides that, we have to vote for democratic options. Always vote, and sometimes vote to parties we don,t fully like because the alternative are nazis and dictators.
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@lwriemen@social.librem.one 2026-02-02 14:01
@amirbkhan "Free software"
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@martyh@cobolworx.social 2026-02-02 14:42
@amirbkhan @_elena If you stop using billionaire software, just you, you are depriving them of your revenue, attention, and data. Each of us getting off "platforms" (Window, Mac, Facebook, X, etc.) is a member of the "walk away" revolt. And the continuing work to make Free and Open Source Software more accessible to the rest of them takes power away from the oligarchs AND the government they own. We are #OpenLDAP and #GCC #COBOL, two links in the chain.#