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Omacom is a PAC Or at least Omacom is to open source what a political action committee (PAC) is to politics - an attempt to buy influence with the $€£ of the rich and powerful to further benefit the rich and powerful. hachyderm.io/@davidculley...

hachyderm.ioDavid Culley (@davidculley@hachyderm.io)I wish I needn't care about Omarchy or DHH. Maybe you're annoyed by now by all the posts about Omarchy. I mean, we get it: DHH recently discovered Linux after he got sick of Apple taking 30% of all h...

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Chris Swan

@cpswan.net

14 Sept

It's not just a fascist project because of who's involved (though the list of shame grows longer and more cringey by the day); it's an inherently anti democratic thing because that's what PACs are.

Chris Swan

@cpswan.net

14 Sept

FWIW I don't think PAC money will buy influence with open source users, contributors and maintainers in the same way that it does with voters. But we're all about to find out the hard way whether that's true... HT infosec.exchange/@wendynather for the dialogue that brought this realisation.

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