Thank you, rached.
I'll read the article and come back onto this today.

Being believable meaning also being sticked towards principles: As the story of FSF and also FSFE is showing now, both organizations fail within their own principles. Nevertheless having respect towards the GNU-project and the GPL, the mindset behind free soft- and hardware, both organizations fail on multiple levels to recognize social and technical problems these days.

• The social level means the democratic approach, the respect for everyone being equal and having the rights doing so. Richard Stallman anounced being right back at the FSF board of directors? Okay, was this a transparent process? Or is it more about being political in general? And don't get me wrong: I have respect for the things Richard Stallman had done for the free software movement in general. But this kind is really the wrong way. There are enough problems reported neither the FSF nor the FSFE approached. What's next for the FSFE? Well, reading here more: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210324-01.en.html

• The technical level is even more frustrating: Where is the right NOT to use some kind of package? Speaking about enforced depdencies of bloatware just right ahead of the corner. All of them are part of many distributions in one way or another: dbus, systemd, avahi and pulseaudio are just some examples. More incoming also the programing languages with problematic licensing, the false claims being "in love with open-source". Well, where are those principles?

Where is this kind of free culture? Where is the support for free culture, for free soft- and hardware? Even though: Projects more and more enforce being built right ahead with the newer hardware. So that's also again the social and the technical level both mixed up: I thought once GNU/Linux is a chance to have some kind changed mindset. A chance for the future gettng away from dependencies, having a freedom of choice, being friendly to each other. Was this wrong? Well, my answer would be therefore: No, but it is getting even more complicated and those organizations like the FSF or the FSFE won't help as they don't recognize the problems right ahead. Getting a GNU/Linux-libre is one thing, an important thing. But another one is the plan about having an independent BSD-kernel with strict principles towards a free, libre mindset: Even more important being believable instead of some claims instead of recognizing the problems and being just into the centric view of the own kind of organization. Projects like Hyperbola and Dragora need support for building alternatives, giving back a freedom of choice for all. And not to mention: You have not recognized the problems with PureOS, FSF. Until now the distribution is listed as being compliant towards the FSDG (https://forums.hyperbola.info/viewtopic … 2534#p2534). Should I go on? Where is the support for the Hurd? Where is the freedom of choice of INIT-systems? Where giving back the emancipation of every user and doing more support for projects like Libreboot or Coreboot? You claim something, FSF? And right away doing something really bad besides giving some recommendations for literally closed hardware like the Librem 5 you're calling back Richard Stallman, who stepped down in 2019? Okay: Strange definitions and you are not able to see the problems with all of this? Freedom of choice? Your choice, okay. And where is the transparency? Oh well, lost in translation, I guess. And I really hope you could recognize the errors within this. Mr. Stallman has done much for freedom within soft- and hardware, but why not doing this further on another level, outside the FSF? Why this move now? And the FSFE? You're playing also in a strange field, just to have look onto the page with the supporters here: https://fsfe.org/donate/thankgnus.en.html

Being independent? Being all into believable? Your decision. But I don't need organizations being not into transparency at all, doing some kind of false claims and compromises. No need to follow some names, more into principles and an open mindset for a colourful, free and libre future! Being honest with you, FSF and FSFE: You have failed at many points within the last years. You have failed to recognize how emancipation in hard- and software is going away, well even within free, libre projects. You have failed to recognize harassment and disgusting meritocratic approaches. And you have failed to recognize growing dependencies from bloatware in general. Just being focussed onto something against closed source you even failed to manage and blame the false claims of "We love open-source!". And there is a high prize to pay for all of this! What now? A big discussion is incoming about the transparency and more people question the FSF itself. Not very helpful for free, libre projects. You have done bad with all of this: Instead giving back emancipation within technologies to the people you are doing more than questionable decisions. But okay: I guess it's more important having some illusions about GNU/Linux (without "libre")? Instead giving support for the Replicant-project there is what alternative? The Librem 5? The Pinephone? Both with desktop-environments being built towards bloatware? And here it goes again: The freedom of choice! And I have not even mentioned people not being that much into technology-stacks or unsure about their own abilities doing more with soft- and hardware. What kind of a mess now and the discussions have not even started so I have to admit in the end: Disappointment from my side for now. Hope all is turning out better, but well? Hyperbola is going on, that's a good point. The bad is the problems right ahead from those decisions mentioned in this posting. Having people just with doubts and prejudices towards free, libre soft- and hardware is not helping. And yes: Those doubts are encouraged from all of this mentioned. Not fair towards projects like Hyperbola and this is part of my disappointment as you have done really bad, FSF.

Interesting as people have no further problem using Github for their activities and go on supporting Red Hat while they are also into criticizing the FSF. The question is: Do you recognize the differences in general? While the FSF had done bad and the intransparent last action to callout Richard Stallman again is one thing, you also see that free, libre software is in general more and more weakening? Yes, Mr. Stallman has very problematic views, full with ableism for example (besides that I'm also able to see the details between his personal perspective and the work he had done for technical emancipation). That's one thing, but another is to use a proprietary platform and having Red Hat to join the criticism doesn't make this better. Because of all the last actions, the missing actions from the FSF and the false compromises being done (bloatware like systemd, no support for free choice of components and much more) and also the toxic behaviour on general levels (ableism, trans- and homophobic insults, hatred coming up with meritocratic structures) all of this ends up weakening free, libre soft- and hardware as society just no longer approves this as helpful, nevertheless it is of course. All is replaced with just "open-source" as one kind of false description. Being believable? Or more about being into marketing? Afterwards the technical emancipation of people is going down more and more. Not well done in general and more details coming up about this desaster. Thanks for nothing, FSF! Following just some names is already wrong. Look at the details, the rules, the consequences and being transparent is the absolute relevant base for being believable.

In the end it's not alone about one organization as the FSF or the FSFE: We are all failing as this desaster has more to come. Instead looking at the facts - and yes there is hatred and toxic behaviour - and the technical problems, it is just about some names, having some "Status Quo". It could have be done better as Mr. Stallman could have done his work outside the FSF, without any further problems, without making this intransparent. And now what? Now we have projects being clear with principles, but seen as outsiders. The community about free, libre soft- and hardware is attacking itself. That's the major issue: Not hearing the criticism, unwilling to change anything or help the ones marginalized, unwilling to see empathy and solidarity. You know? There was no further agenda in the past. The FSF made it to this point and now it is used as political point weakening free, libre ideals. Not as big plan, just as it is against often used pragmatism.

Being believable is also one thing about power: The larger a system, the larger the power it gives to the people controlling it. The more power one group or individual has, the higher the risk to follow dark paths. It is just one decision being enough and the path to follow. You can see this within the defense about Mr. Stallman. Now that there were decisions within the FSF: What exactly was the benefit of it getting him again on board? People stepped down from their position, but transparency was not done. Why do so many people think only one person have to be above everything? Is the idea of free, libre soft- and hardware itself not strong enough? Empowering and emancipating people for speaking themselves? Deciding what they want to use and how they want software to be built on their own system. Everyone can be just in place for this. Better to have this back in mind: Having humility about the own darker half and reflect yourself often. Do you really think about having some big names to follow? Why don't you follow ideas of empathy and solidarity instead as free, libre culture is also about that?

Hierarchies? No one is my superior for the same reason no one is my inferior. If we cannot learn to make things work as equals, how will humanity graduate or even survive for a better future for ALL beings here on the blue planet?

The thing is, its not even just humanism, I have seen many scriptures in my bible such as:  Treat people the way you would like to be treated, do not judge, less you be judged, and Jesus even says to pay your fair share in similar words.

Also be good to people, take care of widows and foreigners and the poor and the sick...

My point is, people abuse religion and Christianity as a whole by cherry picking the parts they like.  This is a huge wrong and leads me to believe humanism isn't even enough.

The best standard, is to treat people the way you want to be treated. That all being said, there are those out there that are beyond tainted and refuse to acknowledge they are too shallow to understand and they are hooked on pride and hatred and other sins...

So yeah, I get what your saying, most of your views are inline here, but the part of humanism is where the problem is...

Humans are inherently evil, no one who belongs to this world is perfect.  Honestly, we need a savior from many things especially capitalism and fascism.  Though balance is also important in general, because even socialism fails by itself.

Appreciate your passionate stance on capitalism though. Too many people worship capitalism...

I think some more information is needed to talk about projections and why this word with inbound actions is so important these days. But what in fact is a "projection"? A tryout with a more simple explanation: The definition of the wording itself is more or less some kind of defense mechanism. An individual is fighting against unconscious impulses or qualities and is therefore denying their existence in themselves and attributing them to others. You want an example? Instead of discussing about privileges (mentioned in the posting above) many people tend to project others being intentional malicious. In this part many hateful context is used, many hatred is reflected and a mountain full with unbelievable cruelty is built - even while I'm writing this words here. So what is the reasoning for all of this? In the first place stopping the discussions, stopping questioning privileges and in the first end doing the reverse of humanism. You can find this within many arguments and talks these days: Full with ignorance and arrogance. But in fact the people using projections underestimate the aftermath resulting from their actions.

When using conspiration idolologies, trying to defame humanism in a whole and just throw unbelievable hatred at people trying to do something different, with no further ulterior motives, what do you think is staying afterwards? For sure the hatred itself. And inbound with ignorance hatred is growing. But there are possibilities to act against this mechanism: First to recognize ignorance and arrogance on the own side, trying always to reflect (and yes: this also means I have to reflect what I am writing here) and also a ruleset. The one for Hyperbola is to be find here: https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id … l_contract

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We have all possibilities to stop hatred, stop projections as cheap and wrong kind of discussion - in fact only some monologue as the ending is absolutely desastrous. We just have to use them: Try to reflect for being believable.
The reasoning for me to write this here and now? Well, just looking into open and official discussions at many anti-social platforms. For me there is no further difference between proprietary and open platforms like Mastodon. In the end projections are used and dogwhistle is the next step on that. When questioned people use credible denial: There was some kind of "misunderstanding", they have never wanted to do such thing ... hatred stays and defaming also. Don't use such mechanisms!

Another thanks for the named animation-work. I can also add some further sources for taking notes: First it would be the classic Akira as it demonstrates very good the pure arrogance of humans in general - I'd call it that way as pure evil is not very easy to recognize and the way is full with different perspectives.  But for the people don't knowing the movie I've just mentioned: It is a very classic one and would be easy to find on different media. A dark perspective of the future as the ignorance of humans has brought up a catastrophic scenario once. A being got loose without no further control in destruction and many years after government had no further choice but to fight the being with the desastrous atombomb it looks like people have forgotten and Akira is again to rise. But the story is way more complex (sidenote: also the being "Akira" is not "evil" within definition and a victim of the human arrogance): It is about corruption, it is about hope and being good or evil is not that easy to see. And of course: I can also recommend the manga the movie is based on, describing the scenario even more in the depth. The author Katsuhiro Otomo has also directed another movie with the name Steamboy: Also again inbound here is the characterization of the human ignorance and arrogance, but from another perspective and scenario.

I could add way more movies, series and books, but in the end: Extremism is not so easy to recognize within these days. When somebody asks I'd like to say for the first start stop using the most so-called "modern way of communication", meaning no anti-social platforms as they just work with attention. Of course there are information and news going around everyone should know. But platforms like Twitter, Mastodon, Facebook, Diaspora and many more just don't work with reading and reasonable discussion or better: Not working on this way any longer. Instead of recognizing complex situations people just tend to go even further with more simplified scenarios. And instead of having a clear reflection all is about getting attention, creating so-called "groups" and much more within there. But all is about filter bubbles getting more and more impervious for facts, for reasonable information and clear reflection throughout all those platforms. Nothing good is on the rise with this as it fits exactly: Enforcing views and breaking a possibility for the retrospective. Even though many are completely unreachable with reasonable points and arguments. So I think this here is one good example we are doing here right now: Discussing and having a talk with different perspectives. But this seems also lost in some kind of oblivion as modernized communication is not working that way? Just with nice pictures and imagery.

Don't get me wrong: I will never enforce anything on others. If people like to talk with each other on that named platforms, they are always free to decide. But I just characterize how much our communication has changed within the years and not so many is left. Stop using filter bubbles, dear reader. You don't have to share anything from my perspective here, but seriously: Complex scenarios cannot be reduced and we have many to do within the upcoming time. A drawback for digital and technical emancipation is on the rise. And many projects are not clear in principles, instead using simplified scenarios. So all is connected in many ways!

And being believable is also always about having a choice: The newest addition? The upcoming version 4 for VLC to integrate even more content from the internet (https://linuxiac.com/vlc-4-0-coming-thi … signed-ui/). Okay, where is the choice? Not to use WebAssembly and JavaScript, for example? There was once a time where all those JavaScript-additions seen critical. Time is over, I guess? But instead of reflecting about that the way goes on and applications getting even more combined with accessing content throughout the global network for 24 hours a day being available. Thinking about the risks to implement such? Well, not so much. Sooner or later there will be the need for a decision. Competing on this neverending course of implementing "features" without questioning or just stopping and optimizing or even though ending as the system just works.

Sorry to be here even more clear about that, dear readers: But where do you want to stop? This is going into a neverending circle hunt for even more. More of what? Better interface, more possibilities, more of whatever. Why not having a software stopping and project is doing the best for having bugs fixed and possible risks for the security and privacy being closed / resolved? Do you get the problem, all users outside for the way of "updates"? The newer the better? And then what to follow? Another update will follow the last one. The system is getting even more complex with more features and interface towards outside in every application. Do you have time to research every possible hole an application is doing? You think the project will manage that from within? And what if people have no interest to search for risks, better to have more features implemented? Projects like Hyperbola will have more work when questionable decisions are made upstream. Removing them is not that easy and sooner or later even impossible - I see you, Gnome and KDE.

Oh and please: Proprietary software is not better. Just because you are not able to see into the code doesn't make the security-risks vanish completely. It is just that you have no further knowledge about them. But is there any need to copy the ever growing circle for "features"? To create a secure operating-system, which is free and libre from the ground to help people getting their data managed local with option to do otherwise. Not the complete opposite!

Heard and read about MNT Reform. Interesting for a smaller device. In general I think about the model having enough people coming together to form something like an interest-group for free, libre hardware. But that would be like an utopia. Dreaming is not forbidden: Breaking the capitalistic system as we are all into it and there is no big plan behind, just the allday ignorance. Not meant especially towards somebody, just the frustrating status quo in some parts. But hey: Trying to change something for the own and doing the other way around is a good startup.

Companies and corporations are not evil, but it is way too easy to forget why there is something like money and we humans tend to want have just "more" when loosing all boundaries and our darker half is winning. That said: Thanks for "Naruto Shippuden", zapper. I'll definitely keep an eye on that. There are so many possible dystopian stories also, I'd even know where to start listing them. But perhaps this would be more fitting within another format and thread. Not exactly here keeping the topic! Not meant as criticism, just an own remember for myself not beginning to list with literature and audiovisual contents here. Keep an eye out, you all interested. Discussions are not bad and they can last so many postings, so many different variants. Learning together is also part of all.

How far has the "global network" also known under the phrase "Internet" eroded social interaction? Just to summarize that point into a common sentence for the beginning: This process has gotten very far as you don't have any so-called profile you seem not even to exist anymore. But to get more into details:

• Profiles: In general a definition of some interactions within any kind of service. So you write some postings like this here, or you share pictures and moments. But the question is: Valid information and thoughts? Hard words, I know and I don't want to declare any information as invalid. But just look how far everything has gotten: People just literally buy numbers with money, some ghosting-profiles on services to get the impression being more kind of "famous" and "important". So you think it is valid to share photos of you and your beloved? That's for sure your own decision, but the other side is not so bright when it comes to others making a joke about you. Are you ready to become some kind of "meme"-picture within some harassment-campaign? Or do you think YouTube, Twitter and Facebook (as many others) have valid discussions?

• Information: The next part are the information you share. Photos? Names? And what about next to come when others have so much interest into you as individual person, they tend trying to use a process called "social engineering" onto you? This can go so far as people try to ask about personal information. The more information people have about you, the more a profile is becoming valuable for any use-case and there are many.

Profiles are done on many ways, filled with more or less information. But if you think people only exist when they have some "profile" here in the global network, showing their face, some photos from everyday-life, think again. Pictures could not be the original ones, showing other persons or even individuals and beings not existing. Yes, for now there are some ways to have those profile-photos identified. But the technology behind is getting better with every step and what next? Being believable is NOT about just having some "profile". It is about standing for values, for principles. If you can bear out harassment coming, you can choose to do it your way but respect the way of others also. Being in contact with individuals is not a problem, but the expectations are for sure a big issue. Just have a look onto all those people being into "influencing"-scenarios: You think they are doing this for the better? Okay, think again. You think those people are honest? Well, in a world where capitalism rules you can buy people telling you everything and every illusion. That does not mean all of them are just "evil", just to get even this prejudice away before anyone has the impression. Just the known paradigm about ignorance and arrogance. One little lie is not so bad? Yes, maybe. But how many lies can we use? And how many lies do we need to think being into a "circle of trust"? Life is not in the "Internet", that is a toolset and it should kept that way. Interacting with people is so much more. You think I don't exist because you cannot find me as a person on any kind of blog or anti-social platform? Okay, than I don't exist, but that is just too easy. Why do you want to decide for me what I have to tell you? As that's the right of any being. Interaction can also just be some chat, when the person just want this. Keep hold of getting more into the eroding of social interaction as this is done for real, not with some masquerade on any profiles, which is mostly done on anti-social platforms these days. Life does not fit into drawers.
The universe is so big, perhaps I know about some 0,001% (just a random number as small as possible). Perhaps I know that I don't know about 5% or even 10%? So you can imagine the percentage I don't know that I don't know is even bigger. Don't shorten information with some profiles, but be also attentive as hatred is nothing to play with the same time. But that's another point for more to come and post. The "Internet" as wording is also some shortened part as there is much more. Most the time services are also toolsets, but literally their usage is tempting to shorten information more and more, so it seems to become even deterministic. You could define the computer? Fine than you could also ... explain a global pandemic ... solve conflicts ... prevent the climate-crisis ... I think you've got the point: No you cannot do all of this just because you have read many or know many situations and information, can express yourself in an elected way. And no all others are also not uneducated, just you think to have discovered some relevant "secret" someone seems to hide. Think again, think about being believable as this is not easy for sure but it is also not declared onto ultimate "truths".

You think about the future? Okay, think about this: Our human brain cannot bear temperatures higher than exactly 42,6 centigrade. That's a natural border and on that point there is nothing to discuss as the protein in the cells begins to literally gang. So why do we think that we can define solutions for the climate without working together on this world? We have only this one. And why do we think that we have to jump on having better hardware-components on any regular base? There we have one major point, but so-called "desktop-environments" just throw this over more and more, getting even higher requirements with hardware acceleration and many more features. Is this needed? Videos with even higher resolutions? And of course: Everyone needs streaming-services, software as a service and some cloud in the backhand. Ask yourself: That's the future? Going faster and faster, without even asking for consequences? The focus on economy is nothing more than a big illusion.

And we don't start really to discuss possible solutions: Most the time enough people seem to be busy just rejecting everything. Yes, there are ways to go and that without having lost of technical emancipation for everyone, being not into some false trust. In the end we only focus about final judgements for "real" instead to see: We ALL are about 99,9% the same when speaking about humanity in common. And from those judgements hatred arise, they are the base for so cruel deeds. That should make us all afraid, but well? In the end it is just a wish for better tomorrow and us humans to learn. Perhaps one day? But until then: Being 99,9% same includes also absolute responsibility as hatred is never any base. Yes, emotions are part of us all for sure. But just to accept hatred and harassment is the same as the global society just sit anywhere while ignoring a nearby attack instead of helping and even preventing. There is no time and place for ignorance, dear readers.

Dear friend this plandemic from your perspective is for sure a pandemic, but for me and others who share my view its a verry evil plot enforcing many agendas, we all have researched somehow to stick somewere and accept something and there for we should all help each others as you said to live, and manage to go through whatever mess we are dealing with, the chaos that the media and those who rule by words have put us in, as always history is writen by those who have power or the narrator's position in the description of events (his or her perspective), were we stand now we can only be sure of our respective ideas, and help each others of cource in many possible ways.