Comment by mattigames
Comment by mattigames a day ago
Hit then where it hurts would be political action, not individuals switching to Firefox, that does nothing.
Comment by mattigames a day ago
Hit then where it hurts would be political action, not individuals switching to Firefox, that does nothing.
> Politicians follow votes.
we have enough data to show that this is not the case, in general.
Perhaps a better way to phrase it is to simply say that politicians are elected, and are nothing without votes.
A politician isn’t even a practicing politician without votes. Democracy is ultimately driven by citizens. Of course politicians will do their best to influence public opinion (it’s their job) but are ultimately in service to it though elections.
It’s why what people think (and vote) matters in a democracy.
And back to the point, why voting with your feet (switching to Firefox) actually means something.
like most solutions to complex societal/economic issues:
it’s almost certainly going to take both of your ideas, more diversity in the browser space and political actions. and then other actions as well.
the collective We have fallen into a trap where we consistently talk down other important ideas because we think ours is important too (and it is.) i definitely catch myself doing this far too often.
i just hope We can get back to a place where We recognize that different ideas from our own are also important and will need to be used in our effort to solve some of our issues. because so many of these cracks we’re facing will require many many many levers being pushed and pulled, not one magic silver bullet.