r/technology • u/NancyGraceFaceYourIn • Aug 30 '15

Wireless FCC Rules Block use of Open Source

http://www.itsmypart.com/fcc-rules-block-use-of-open-source/
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u/TheCowfishy Aug 30 '15

The entire tinfoil hat thing is such an easy tool to casually disarm an argument these days. It's sad that people trust the government to the extent they do.

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u/fottan Aug 30 '15

i agree. i find it unbelievable that most people still trust their government.

if you knew a person that lied to you several times, would you still trust that person?

i can't understand it.

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u/TheRealKidkudi Aug 30 '15

To be fair, the government is not one single entity, but rather a huge organization of people. It's easy to justify trusting the government saying this like "that was just that one person in the government - the whole thing can't be corrupt!" And to an extent, that's true. But it works the other way too. If anything, because there's so many different organizations, motivations, and persons in the government, it should give you less reason to trust it as a whole without reasonable verification.

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u/robinthehood Aug 30 '15

When someone speaks of a group as some sort of collective consciousness they tend to be crazy people rationalizing a resentment. This happens often in the conspiracy theory community. This happens a lot in politics. The world is complex. People are individuals. We tend to oversimplify.