You can call the projects all sorts of things, directionless, messy, bad, underwhelming
But fascist? Come on, not everything that you dislike = fascism
Fascism is not good, but less use the term accurately
For the past half hour I tried to read into what’s happened, and who the supposed fascists are, and these are the facts I managed to uncover. I hope it will serve anyone who reads this well:
- Communities are gonna drama.
- Moderating is hard and (paraphrasing Douglas Adams) anyone who wants to do it, shouldn’t be allowed to.
- I really don’t care enough to waste more time on this.
Just makes it sound like whoever wrote this is projecting, considering what the NixOS project is actually facing.
use the term accurately
We have a lack of words used in the English language that specifies graduations and grades of arseholes.
Just like some languages have one word for snow, and others have dozens
It has ties to the fascist company “Anduril”, how is it not fascist?
What makes that company fascist? I don’t know it
Anduril’s autonomous surveillance towers have been used on the U.S.–Mexico border to detect and track migrants, as part of DHS programs. This has drawn criticism from immigrant rights groups and academics who argue such systems dehumanize migrants and enable policies that align with authoritarian nationalism.
Anduril is privately funded (by VC firms like Founders Fund) but markets and sells directly to governments and military agencies, without the typical government R&D cycle. It builds weapons and surveillance systems first, then offers them to the state. This “build first, ask later” model can lead to unchecked corporate influence over the military-industrial complex, which some critics argue is a step toward a techno-authoritarian fascist regime.
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey was ousted from Oculus after it was revealed he funded a pro-Trump meme organization (Nimble America) known for spreading far-right content during the 2016 election. While this doesn’t make the company fascist, it raises concerns for critics about the political leanings of its leadership and how those ideologies could influence product deployment.
Anduril is deeply involved in developing autonomous weapon systems, like the ALTIUS-600M loitering munition. Critics warn that the use of AI to identify and kill targets without human input could lead to violations of international law and facilitate mass violence or authoritarian control. Anduril’s heavy investment in such systems leads some to see it as advancing a dystopian militarized fascist future.
No it’s not. It is currently facing fascism. But the story is being written as we speak. Is it going to succumb to it? Or fight it and prevail? We don’t know… Stay tuned for the next episode, we’re going to find out in about 2 months.
we’re going to find out in about 2 months.
That sounds like a threat though.
It is currently being threatened, yes.
Edit: Leadership is now going to make the decision whether they like the arms industry or not. And that’s going to be reflected in the vote in a few weeks.
I don’t understand how someone concludes that working for them translates to being a fascist. I understand not wanting to support it but calling them a fascist seems dumb.
New #nixos board observer candidate (https://github.com/NixOS/foundation/pull/133), working for a US autonomous weapon company and paid by Thiel dollars, casually complaining that a proposal empowers minorities too much.
I don’t use Nix but from what I’m reading, this seems like a dramatic overreaction.
Edit Oh you have to expand entries that just has: NixOS, uspol
To see the actual post. Weird format?But it would have been nice if you had pointed to something a bit more comprehensive, or at least made a summary of what the claim is based on.
Weird format?
Content warning, actually.
But it would have been nice if you had pointed to something a bit more comprehensive, or at least made a summary of what the claim is based on.
Sorry! Most of it is based on this detail: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828/59
Eh, I do not think it is fascist yet. It sure has a lot of issues though.
This may be the Weimar Republic stage of the project, and it’s not too late to save it.
I say if you are an eligible voter, you should vote. Given the voter base is small, your vote really counts. Read the candidates’ profiles carefully. Make sure that no people associated with or supportive of the US MIC are on your ballot.
So far I count djacu and tomberek as the list of people to not vote for. But make sure to check for yourself, there will be more candidates.
On the contrary, put the people who are explicitly against MIC meddling first in your ballot. Currently they are cafkafk and leona-ya. Put everyone else on your ballot too, to reduce the chance of an MIC-related person getting on. But again, make sure to check candidate’s answers before voting.
It is the least you can do and if enough people do it, we might come out with a more antifascist SC. I doubt it will help with any technical issues we’re facing, like the lack of Nix maintenance power, but it could save the project from becoming right-wing.
I’d say the big dogs for NixOS are more communists than fascists, to be fair. They don’t support XLibre (which is apolitical anyway), and they actually kicked out their founder because he spoke the truth about transgenderism (not that he had an issue with transgender people themselves). That’s how I see it, at least.
Could you define the words “fascist” and “communist” as you understand them?
