I believe a bit of that we’re seeing is being self-titled as “dark woke” lol. I’d count myself among them. Where, instead of trying to hold decorum and be super duper respectful, if you see or hear someone doing something immoral, you call that shit out and you do it hard. Modern day “punch a Nazi” and not accrue assault charges essentially.
Not to turn it entirely political, but I see it as the next step based on how politics have evolved. Conservatives would often do and say terrible things themselves, but then they’d tell liberals/centrists “but where’s the tolerant left, where’s you’re decorum, how could you do these terrible things” etc etc and it would work fairly well where establishment dems would shrink back in their holes or they’d “work across the aisle” and produce half measures that barely helped the public, if at all, rather than standing on principle.
Now, I think you’re seeing a lot more, especially leftists, essentially say fuck that and push back and go on the offensive to knock them down a peg. And given that most conservative talking points are all bluster, they have no real principle or ideology, it falls flat with a more aggressive stance backed up by facts and principle.
Louis gives off that to me, as many leftists are grounded in principle to do what is right for people and humanity. He’s saying, look, Samsung, you’re a piece of shit and I know you’re a piece of shit to others, and I know that you know others won’t be able to push back against you, you’re taking advantage of them. So fuck you, I’ll stand up for both myself and all the others you’ve been harming. Let’s fucking go.
People are tired. And we know what is right. And we’re tired of being gaslit and taken advantage of.
Just to clarify I wasn’t trying to insinuate anything of Rossman’s political stance. I was just using it as an example to describe the more aggressive nature towards protecting people over corporations. Which is often a leftist stance but doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a leftist.
Unfortunately, I think you’re projecting a bit. He’s had interviews stating that he has issues with “both” sides, so from what I can find he seems centrist in his views. Also, he’s now a part of FUTO which has hosted him as a speaker alongside others with alt-right tech personalities.
From my perspective, I think he fits the burned out IT professional archetype that is tired of all the BS today, but as far as activism I think he’s pretty much only focused on right to repair. Anything beyond that seems to not be in his scope of interest. But to be honest, I would be happy to be proven wrong.
Just to clarify I wasn’t trying to insinuate anything of Rossman’s political stance. I was just using it as an example to describe the more aggressive nature towards protecting people over corporations. Which is often a leftist stance but doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a leftist.
And yeah, I’m also not a fan of FUTO’s, their strategy for licensing for example, I looked into Grayjay and ultimately went to Newpipe. While better than entirely closed source, it still centralizes control so 🤷♂️
But I entirely agree, he’s definitely more towards the center. However, right to repair and his fight against corporations are obviously worth supporting.
I believe a bit of that we’re seeing is being self-titled as “dark woke” lol. I’d count myself among them. Where, instead of trying to hold decorum and be super duper respectful, if you see or hear someone doing something immoral, you call that shit out and you do it hard. Modern day “punch a Nazi” and not accrue assault charges essentially.
Not to turn it entirely political, but I see it as the next step based on how politics have evolved. Conservatives would often do and say terrible things themselves, but then they’d tell liberals/centrists “but where’s the tolerant left, where’s you’re decorum, how could you do these terrible things” etc etc and it would work fairly well where establishment dems would shrink back in their holes or they’d “work across the aisle” and produce half measures that barely helped the public, if at all, rather than standing on principle.
Now, I think you’re seeing a lot more, especially leftists, essentially say fuck that and push back and go on the offensive to knock them down a peg. And given that most conservative talking points are all bluster, they have no real principle or ideology, it falls flat with a more aggressive stance backed up by facts and principle.
Louis gives off that to me, as many leftists are grounded in principle to do what is right for people and humanity. He’s saying, look, Samsung, you’re a piece of shit and I know you’re a piece of shit to others, and I know that you know others won’t be able to push back against you, you’re taking advantage of them. So fuck you, I’ll stand up for both myself and all the others you’ve been harming. Let’s fucking go.
People are tired. And we know what is right. And we’re tired of being gaslit and taken advantage of.
An example of what I’m kind of talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZzZCo_JKO4
I don’t think Rossman is a leftist. He’s pro-consumer and sticks up for the little guy against big corporations, but he’s not anti-capitalist.
Just to clarify I wasn’t trying to insinuate anything of Rossman’s political stance. I was just using it as an example to describe the more aggressive nature towards protecting people over corporations. Which is often a leftist stance but doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a leftist.
Unfortunately, I think you’re projecting a bit. He’s had interviews stating that he has issues with “both” sides, so from what I can find he seems centrist in his views. Also, he’s now a part of FUTO which has hosted him as a speaker alongside others with alt-right tech personalities.
From my perspective, I think he fits the burned out IT professional archetype that is tired of all the BS today, but as far as activism I think he’s pretty much only focused on right to repair. Anything beyond that seems to not be in his scope of interest. But to be honest, I would be happy to be proven wrong.
Another user said similar, so:
Just to clarify I wasn’t trying to insinuate anything of Rossman’s political stance. I was just using it as an example to describe the more aggressive nature towards protecting people over corporations. Which is often a leftist stance but doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a leftist.
And yeah, I’m also not a fan of FUTO’s, their strategy for licensing for example, I looked into Grayjay and ultimately went to Newpipe. While better than entirely closed source, it still centralizes control so 🤷♂️
But I entirely agree, he’s definitely more towards the center. However, right to repair and his fight against corporations are obviously worth supporting.
I totally agree with you.
I wish more in the tech industry were able to see how these issues are all related to the leftist struggle.
proceeds to use the next few paragraphs to turn it political
Same way you use the phrase “no offense” right? Lol
I feel his message is a bit muddied by the overly aggressive tone, particularly to try and reach ‘normies’
But he gets results so all the best to him
I hope Samsung gets fucked