The United States, stepping boldly into the 19th century…
What a contrast between the glorious race to the moon in the 60’s, and medicine by leeches under RFK Jr’s HHS and congresscritters wanting to bring back privateering in 2025… The Roman empire took centuries to collapse, and it only took the US 50 years. Quite stunning.
As if we wouldn’t have a voice/vote to prevent that regulatory capture? And as if social software in particular wouldn’t be reshaped to avoid those regulations? So much of the world runs on FOSS already. It would be a monumental shift in the landscape and I sincerely doubt corpos would be successful in that regulatory capture without shooting themselves in the face. They need FOSS to be profitable.