Re:The Python Sofware Foundation Receives Wonderfully Welcom...
by the_powerless on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @03:05PM
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>Vaclav Havel - The Power of the Powerless
I read that book during 2020. It should be obligatory reading for anyone who appreciates Orwell's 1984, and provides a concise, first-hand account of how humans manufacture and sustain the systems of their own oppression.
One of the most fascinating insights was that those at the top of the power system are not the most free, as you might think, but rather the most constrained. Those at the very bottom are the only ones free to act exactly as they wish (hence the title).
There is also insightful discussion whether dissidents should act within or without the system, and raises the point that "the system" itself provides powerful tools that anyone can wield (eg, a CoC).
I read that book during 2020. It should be obligatory reading for anyone who appreciates Orwell's 1984, and provides a concise, first-hand account of how humans manufacture and sustain the systems of their own oppression.
One of the most fascinating insights was that those at the top of the power system are not the most free, as you might think, but rather the most constrained. Those at the very bottom are the only ones free to act exactly as they wish (hence the title).
There is also insightful discussion whether dissidents should act within or without the system, and raises the point that "the system" itself provides powerful tools that anyone can wield (eg, a CoC).