What Now?

 I find myself in a quandry. 

I have two series of posts which are on a collision course.
There were three, somewhat rant-y posts regarding the current state of affairs, particularly in relation to big government and big corporate overreach, culminating with a question regarding the viability of "Kalostopia"

And there were a series of posts chronicling my attempt to disengage from at least some of these forces (beginning with Microsoft), with hopes of constructing a strategy which could be used by anyone (including those who are not technically minded) to do the same.

My rather grand (wishful thinking perhaps) vision was to perhaps help build some tools that could be used by those with the means, talents and will, to create a modern day, praetorian revolt of sorts, on a global scale, or perhaps, even better, a Kalostopia.

My objectives could, I suppose be defined as:

1. Reduce, and if possible, eliminate my dependence on the large corporate and governmental entities whose behavior erodes the pillars I concluded were necessary for such a civilization to succeed.
2. Reduce and where possible, eliminate the flow of my resources/revenue to aforementioned corporate and governmental organizations. I am not invoking or implying any sort of cancel culture with this. I made no call for others to boycott anyone. I am simply tired of my efforts and energy participating in the culture of fear and control. No I don't necessarily think there is any overt attempt to control simply for the sake of power (though that can't be ruled out altogether). Most of it, I believe comes from a much more natural, biological, fear-driven impulse.
3. Reduce any and (if possible) all contributions (direct or indirect) I am making to any individuals or organizations who foster, capitalize on, or profit from fear culture.



But it seems my effort may have been in vain. It appears the world of Linux has been overrun by madness as well.

It appears that Debian - my First choice of distribution - has been engaging in discrimination, giving preferential treatment to some groups, while de-prioritizing or eliminating others, based on race, gender, and sexual preference. Furthermore they recently posted a public announcement regarding their intention to discontinue use of x as a communications platform.

Now, I don't use x, nor do I care if Debian uses it. The problem I have is the public announcement of their intent boycott x, based on a purely political motivation, to silence and/or isolate a particular set of social and political opinions, rather then seek compromise or understanding.

Not Long ago, NixOS lost a large number of key contributors in a "nazi Purge". In this instance it seems that "nazi" was defined as anyone who was not far-left-leaning. Being middle of road, or slightly left-leaning qualified you as a "nazi". They were banned en-masse, so I am not inclined to pivot to NixOS, in spite of the promising technical ideas they are fostering.

There is some rumbling of similar activity occurring in Arch as well. though it is not clear in this instance if it was official Arch activity, or activity of a group running an unofficial communications channel. Bans were implemented, and death-threats were made. But as I noted, I am thus far unable to determine if Arch moderators were involved, or if it was moderators of an unofficial discord channel, with no relation to the actual Arch team.

So, of the three options I was considering, only one might not be engaging in authoritarian activities.

I did come across a new option to consider (OpenMandriva), who recently declared themselves the "unwoke distribution", but it is unclear if that means they are not engaging in extremist politics, or if they are extreme in the opposite  to the others, which  is no better.

I am really not sure what to do now. I still have the desire to do whatever is in my power to facilitate a kinder, more honest, and enabling society. But, is it even possible at this point? Each path seems as treacherous and  obscured by uncertainty as the next.