Karsten Silz wrote:
On Feb 1, 12:45 am, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote:
I think the iPhone is a dictatorship, and most people don't give a
damn about democracy and freedom unless the dictatorship is affecting
them directly.
Having grown up in a dictatorship (East Germany), I would define a
dictatorship as a form of government that most of those who live under
it can't leave (and can't prevent from being born into). To me, a
consumer product that's not in a monopoly position can't be a
dictatorship since users are free to enter and leave.
You're right in pointing out that often we misuse terms that in the
original significance are related to much more serious things.
Of course, there's the free market. If things were always like today, I
wouldn't be worried. But listening to opinions that see the marked
divided by iPhone and Android, I'd be worried in perspective.
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