News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO. Parent comment

Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO by kilroy123 on Thursday April 03, 2014 @03:18PM (#7525373)
This is why I think we don't truly have a democracy anymore. Instead we now have an Ochlocracy[1]. Ruled by mobs and groups of people (super pacs and multinational corporations)[2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochlocracy [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO by matthewmacleod on Thursday April 03, 2014 @03:21PM (#7525419)
This could not have less to do with the situation. Mozilla is not a democracy.
[ Parent | on HN ]