•  vzq   ( @vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
    23•1 month ago

    Politics is just another name for the way we decide how to run things. Everything that is not absolutely trivial is political to some degree.

    “Apolitical” is just a dog whistle for establishment politics.

    •  MagicShel   ( @MagicShel@programming.dev ) 
      4•1 month ago

      It feels awfully political when I know my job is supporting a company that donates heavily to causes and people I despise. Fortunately, I’m not in that position currently (but I have been), but I’m looking hard for jobs and one of the companies I applied at asked if I’ve ever previously been employed by Koch or its affiliates and I have to say it’s a hard fucking choice between putting food on my family’s table vs. supporting fucking Koch. Not that most of them don’t donate to bad people but those fucking guys?

  •  demesisx   ( @demesisx@infosec.pub ) English
    9•1 month ago

    Software meant to enrich its creator often isn’t because of the pervasive captialist fear of alienating someone by expressing an opinion on one side of an issue (edit: actually, against the mainstream narrative). However, formally verified, thoroughly-vetted, open source software (most of which doesn’t exist because of pushback from corrupt governments and their corporate overlords) tasked with upholding the anonymity and objectivity of democracy would be undeniably political.

    •  vzq   ( @vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
      6•1 month ago

      Software meant to enrich its creator often isn’t

      This is a prime example of what I alluded to in my comment. For-profit capitalism is the establishment politics, so it’s portraid as apolitical.

      Also, the establishment politics of the public that must not be challenged in order to make money? Apolitical.

      •  demesisx   ( @demesisx@infosec.pub ) English
        10•1 month ago

        I’d agree there for sure.

        For example, they might call it apolitical to say “Israel has a right to defend itself” in the US right now. But that is the SUPER political, absolutely disgusting, reprehensible statement that finally made me lose all respect for Bernie Sanders once and for all. It’s just that this statement lies on the other side of the AIPAC’s widespread propaganda campaign to make their genocide legal.