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I would really love to believe that the technologists among those of us on the side of the struggle against fascism could feel welcome to contribute. Having read people like Clara Zetkin, I really believe that having a nuanced understanding only helps you fight back. Refusing to engage blinds you.

and I certainly don't mean "engaging with fascists." That's best avoided. Early German resistance to the nazi party wound up being ineffectual because of their refusal to engage in tactics that a deeper understanding of how fascists operate informed. Standing on idealism accomplishes nothing.

i don't even think they stand on idealism. there isn't anything they're standing for other than a nostalgic fantasy of a time that never existed