I don’t understand why you think “avoiding prison” equals free work for companies. The individuals contributing to open source are subject to the same laws we’re discussing in this thread, and are the ones that would actually be getting consequences.

No one exists without a government, and that’s not even a pipe dream, it’d be societal collapse.

The usual consequences to not following the law are not in your favor.

If your goal in contributing to FOSS is to go to prison, there are a lot better avenues to achieve that.

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What’s worse is it’s also usually more expensive than just doing it at the moment

Some call it hypocrisy, others call it “survival instinct”

fwiw, the roads are constantly littered with accidents and the US has the highest pedestrian fatality rate out of all “western” nations

Ironic considering in the USA this person would likely have a much more linent sentence for this specific crime

Nah, just next time you’re stealing a cat, use floodlights and hi-viz, no one will even look at you.

That’s your prerogative, just recognize that if both options support genocide and block strikes, so you chose to vote for a non viable candidate, or to not vote, you’re effectively disenfranchising yourself.

Your last point is very valid though. The DNC is very good at shooting themselves in the foot because they should know very well that people do get demotivated and just stop voting, yet continue to distance themselves from their voter base, resting on their laurels as “the only sane choice out of the two”.

Supporting local candidates, where your vote also is more heavily weighted, is one of the ways to shift policy - the US govt isnt just the president, it’s representatives and senators and state governments.

Niagra falls City has preemptively declared a state of emergency because of how much of a shit show this eclipse is going to be

Rich generally do pretty fine for themselves when the “economy” tanks.

Just look at how much richer they got during the COVID recession lol