Re:Linus Torvalds Back in Charge of Linux
by aninhumer on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:48AM
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I said power dynamics (i.e. power imbalances) should be opposed, not the abstract concept of power itself.
Re:Linus Torvalds Back in Charge of Linux
by chongli on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @01:02PM
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Power itself is an imbalance. It implies the non-universal capability to do something. When we say "the president of the club has x, y, and z powers" we're not talking about the things everyone else in the club is able to do.
So to be opposed to "power dynamics" is to be opposed to non-universal capability, an extremely radical position which I am not sure you hold.
Could you expand on your definition to clarify your position?
Power itself can't be opposed. By definition, opposition doesn't exist without power.
Abuse can be opposed and to some extent mitigated but it's not at all a static game. When you build walls humans go around them, climb over them, dig under them, or break through them. There is no wall that one person can build that another cannot overcome.