Guy seems like an idiot who can’t tell the difference between community regulation and authoritarianism. This is the kind of shit you see some asshole man who’s only ever had to worry about themselves say.
I wonder if there’s a reason we can trace part of the current popularity of fascism in the US to the communities that festered on his dipshit site.
Guy helped make academic articles and journals available for free to people regardless of their means; guy did the same for public court documents hidden behind a paywall; guy founded a website aimed at keeping track of politicians; guy was involved in several progressive campaigns; guy also helped develop a lot of really cool freely available tech like RSS feeds, the technical architecture for Creative Commons, and the Markdown language.
When he was prosecuted for his activism, he eventually rejected a plea bargain for six months when the alternative was 30+ years in prison, and ended up committing suicide.
But yeah, he sure seems like an asshole man who only cared about himself…
You’re really centering him in movements he was a part of. I know he’s credited with a lot of “activism” such as vague, “progressive movements.” I’m saying those libertarian ideals are fundamentally dissonant with the reality of social and political life under settler-colonial capitalism. Look at the people who defend him, pay attention to their positionality.
Whatever good you want to say this guy did, he is responsible for platforming a modern fascist movement fueled by exactly these talking points. Maybe if he was actually anticapitalist instead of “pro-freedom” his positive actions wouldn’t be so outweighed.
Guy seems like an idiot who can’t tell the difference between community regulation and authoritarianism. This is the kind of shit you see some asshole man who’s only ever had to worry about themselves say.
I wonder if there’s a reason we can trace part of the current popularity of fascism in the US to the communities that festered on his dipshit site.
Guy helped make academic articles and journals available for free to people regardless of their means; guy did the same for public court documents hidden behind a paywall; guy founded a website aimed at keeping track of politicians; guy was involved in several progressive campaigns; guy also helped develop a lot of really cool freely available tech like RSS feeds, the technical architecture for Creative Commons, and the Markdown language. When he was prosecuted for his activism, he eventually rejected a plea bargain for six months when the alternative was 30+ years in prison, and ended up committing suicide.
But yeah, he sure seems like an asshole man who only cared about himself…
You’re really centering him in movements he was a part of. I know he’s credited with a lot of “activism” such as vague, “progressive movements.” I’m saying those libertarian ideals are fundamentally dissonant with the reality of social and political life under settler-colonial capitalism. Look at the people who defend him, pay attention to their positionality.
Whatever good you want to say this guy did, he is responsible for platforming a modern fascist movement fueled by exactly these talking points. Maybe if he was actually anticapitalist instead of “pro-freedom” his positive actions wouldn’t be so outweighed.
“Guy seems like an idiot” said by the guy who doesn’t know who Aaron Schwartz is or what he did to stand up to authority.
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