I’m having a hard time finding a reading of this that isn’t advocating violence against tech workers. Is that what you intended?
But it is especially a stretch in the context of January 6th which involved violence directed at people. And the rest of the paragraph laments that future action must be nonviolent.
I did not find it very hard to assume a not-the-worst-possible reading of the comment. What's with the comment police here lately that's labeling various comments? I hope this ain't becoming the new twitter
It is a Thomas Jefferson quote:
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
In the context of January 6th it’s hard to make a leap to metaphorical server blood. Datacenters still have people inside them, no mention of servers was made. Only a quote from a man who waged a real war.
> tech workers are replaceable.
Speaking as a tech worker, no, my life is not replaceable.
> I did not find it very hard to assume a not-the-worst-possible reading of the comment.
The not-the-worst-possible reading being what? Mobs attacking data centers?
> What's with the comment police here lately that's labeling various comments? I hope this ain't becoming the new twitter
I feel the same way. So let's tone down the rhetoric. If this post was metaphorical hyperbole it is the kind that got a president impeached.
Stallman predicted a similar outcome, and although he (and many others) thought the end of computing freedom would be due to copyright/DRM, I wouldn't be surprised if "the children" is what eventually pushes things over the edge.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html
in a situation like the attach in US capitol this year
...and as much as I'd like to see at least that amount of "watering the liberty tree" directed at Big Tech, it unfortunately would likely lead to even more authoritarian outcomes. Any future fights for freedom will need to happen online and non-violently, but on platforms that are also under their control.