Yes, people have to vote harder. That starts by restricting the franchise to some earned merit of responsibility. Likewise, communities that preserve software, through greyhattery, should gatekeep the casuals. When there are bandaid laws, there's not only presently abstract unforeseen consequences, but the casuals don't learn to stop being virtue less consumers. Ultimately the more informed remain as enablers when they aren't compelled to enact fundamentally sound change. Mandating companies provide access to their property (copies of software or DRM keys) isn't fundamentally sound. It keeps open the floodgate of public entitlement to private individuals and their possessions.
My contention with these proposals is that they're very top down and narrowly focused. My preference is for broad, extreme bottom up solutions that tackle issues seen and unseen.
Yes, people have to vote harder. That starts by restricting the franchise to some earned merit of responsibility. Likewise, communities that preserve software, through greyhattery, should gatekeep the casuals. When there are bandaid laws, there's not only presently abstract unforeseen consequences, but the casuals don't learn to stop being virtue less consumers. Ultimately the more informed remain as enablers when they aren't compelled to enact fundamentally sound change. Mandating companies provide access to their property (copies of software or DRM keys) isn't fundamentally sound. It keeps open the floodgate of public entitlement to private individuals and their possessions.
My contention with these proposals is that they're very top down and narrowly focused. My preference is for broad, extreme bottom up solutions that tackle issues seen and unseen.