>Politically I'd probably identify myself as an anarchist, so if I could change the world to look exactly like I thought best, I'd probably get rid of nation states and governments all together
For me it doesn't matter if the final stop is minarchism or ancaptistan. Steps towards either are an improvement. Bureaucrats regulating software development isn't it.
>Alt-right...
Maybe you could be more specific here? There was recently an article and video submitted here which accused Murray Rothbard of being a "right-wing extremist". It was yet another sloppily argued anti-cryptocurrency hit piece. Similarly we can call anarchists of all flavors extremists. The term alt-right or extremist is mostly a scare word from my perspective. It is hard to find meaning behind it.
>It makes me think that there's a growing number of users here on this site who are only here to further their political agenda of authoritarianism and violence
>Authoritarianism...
Isn't an authority dictating which kinds of software you may publish authoritarian by definition?
>That scares me much more than having to make sure that the code I write doesn't have security vulnerabilities
Agreed 100%, authoritarianism and individual autonomy is a bigger concern. Which is why I'm not a fan of these regulations. Furthermore, I suspect most users here already put forth an effort to avoid security issues.
In the US there is a bureau called the EPA. When polluters pollute within the guidelines, they have no liability. Perhaps now that software development is regulated we will see similar protections for incompetence.
I can understand why some people are worried when looking at how many governmental institutions have failed in their duty to serve the public. The EU has definitely got its share off bad decisions, but overall I think it has a good track
Politically I'd probably identify myself as an anarchist, so if I could change the world to look exactly like I thought best, I'd probably get rid of nation states and governments all together
That's however not how the world works and I'd rather work with the tools I have available right now
There's a war going on not far away from where I live and cyber attacks against critical infrastructure are happening almost daily
Even on this site, where I think discussions are generally pretty civilised, I'm starting to see a lot of retoric that's suspiciously similar to the alt-right retoric in many other places of the the web
It makes me think that there's a growing number of users here on this site who are only here to further their political agenda of authoritarianism and violence
That scares me much more than having to make sure that the code I write doesn't have security vulnerabilities
I think it's worth considering what actions can be taken to preserve society the best under these circumstances (society is different from government and states in this context)