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Originally Posted by nekokami
And no, I don't think the darknet is driven by the crumbling morality of today's youth. The drivers are much more interesting, and much more possible to address.
Which is the only reason I keep participating in these discussions, despite all the name-calling and not-listening that goes on.
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It's funny....one man's terrorist is another man's freedom-fighter. The situation really is more like this than say...the Barbary Coast.
Understanding the "why" in fact goes a long way towards understanding the "different moral outlook" of the so called "darknet" really.
Of course, if as far as you can walk is "its a den of thieves" then you might as well stay indoors. There is nothing to see.
If you look at it the way neko, and many others do, it is a world full of politics, economics, war, generosity, sacrifice, villains, heroes, humility and hubris.
Of course, this has all been going on since punchcards, tapes and modulator-demodulators. The same core personality groups have been engaged in this sort of thing.
And you know, its funny...the "gift economy" of The Underground seems to have more structure, accreditation and checks and balances than its "above board" enemies give them credit for.
Personally? I think its going to come down to a "line in the sand" sort of standoff between these two "opposing" forces and be a stalemate. They will do their thing and you will do yours. Of course they will be more clever and agile because they look far into the future...
Many people have suggested many, many ways to get folks that "don't pay now, but would if..." and pretty much all of them are summarily ignored by those that wish the market was (still) a seller's market.
DRM at its core is "immoral"...it punishes the innocent because someone ELSE committed a crime. It punishes the law abiding customer because they have the technology to
not be. Pre-crime. Nice.
It is predatory, prejudicial, speculative and exploitive.
It seeks to eliminate ownership of purchased goods, to set up an electronic version of usury.
Now, if you are a religious person, your morals generally are based on these religious beliefs and further formed by the society in which you live.
I don't know ANY school of thought, any religion that purports to encourage positive, good clean living via the teaching of "good morals" that believes prejudice, exploitation, usury, preying on those weaker than oneself, gambling and denying people of their belongings are "good morals" to live by.
So yeah, when you call these "thieves" names and mock them and spite them in the name of the "morality" you defend, whose agents and machinations fit the above description...try to have a bit of perspective.
The persecution of people that do whatever it is they do in opposition of the aforementioned "moral" qualities are viewed by many, MANY people as immoral, hypocritical and in some views, downright *evil*.
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