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		Trasmatta 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Resist Authoritarianism by Refusing to Obey in Adv... > This is hacker news. Hackers generally do not like authoritarianism. Counterpoint: I've seen many posters here that are highly supportive of Trump and Elon. Not to mention all of the "hackers" enlisted in the DOGE army.

jazzyjackson 8 months ago [–]

When people bandied about "hacking the planet" I have to wonder what they were picturing if not subverting bureaucracies to accelerate technocratic progress

Trasmatta 8 months ago | [–]

The hacker ethos was never about installing an autocratic state

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