Subj : Turning Fidonet into a democracy? Never gonna happen.
To   : Alexey Vissarionov
From : Bj”rn Felten
Date : Mon Mar 07 2022 12:03 pm

 AV> In general, the votes should have a weight based on both region size and
 AV> the sysops' opinions distribution (aggregated by RC).

   Are you seriously trying to advocate true democracy into an entirely technical entity?

   Please don't confuse the network (like the internet) with the social media echomail/netmail (like the World Wide Web).

   Can you even imagine what the internet would look like today, if the politicians had been in charge (with all their "donations" from the media corporations)?

   Aren't you even a wee bit thankful for what the Swedish Pirate Bay still today gives you access to, when you cannot find that favourite movie/TV-show of yours, even with all your paid for subscriptions of Amazon, Youtube et al pay-per view?

   Information wants to be free. Old Swedish saying. It most of all includes our cultural inheritance. Don't fucking try to make money of it, we will fight you to the death if needed.

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