@kolev it sucks that some people really don't care. it's disappointing, but we don't need to bring them over to our side before we make a move

in the early days of free software movement, in which we set out to build better software with whoever wished to cooperate to that end, without needing to convince everyone before getting started, and then, as more and more great software has become available, more and more people and businesses have joined to cooperate in developing, maintaining and sustaining it.

the challenge now is that software has become a major part of everyone's lives, and there's intense pressure for us all to allow others to control the devices we use for our own computing and communications

I don't see that operating as individuals we can overcome that pressure, most of what we get is frustration and exhaustion.

what we need is, again, community: gathering online those of us who wish to live in freedom, leaving the doors open to those who wish to join us and help build this better way of living

I envision that, like the Tor network is an overlay on top of a preexisting network, this better society we could make would be an overlay on top of preexisting societies, at least at first.

the more we succeed, the more people will want to join in, and then, at some point, we may be able to stop depending on the underlaying society and live the life we hope for. it's a long way, no doubt.