| 4 Nov 2021 |
 @zimbatm:numtide.com | what I mean is that there is a specific order that is being painted | 18:07:10 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | and sorry to those who have been though this 1000 times :p | 18:07:36 |
 joepie91 🏳️🌈 | In reply to @zimbatm:numtide.com
what I mean is that there is a specific order that is being painted yes, there is. and contrary to what people often claim, that is not actually a bad thing - it's explicitly calling things out instead of leaving them implicit. | 18:08:11 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | ^ this whole notion is basically what people call "woke" | 18:08:18 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | there is a specific order in society. that is true whether or not you call it out. | 18:08:34 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | we live in a hierarchical society. | 18:08:48 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | I just choose to be explicit about calling out that order and how to counteract it, as best as possible with the means available. | 18:09:06 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | see, this is really the problematic part | 18:09:15 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | by opening this box, now you're thinking of rewriting society as a whole to fix the injustices of the world | 18:09:42 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | now you're going to say that it falls on the NixOS project to participate in that grand effort | 18:10:06 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | not exactly. | 18:10:15 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | I am an activist, so yes, I am thinking a lot about 'rewriting society', if that's the terminology you want to use. but in this specific discussion, that is not my goal | 18:10:40 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | it's reminiscent of communism, except that people are categorized by minorities instead of classes | 18:10:58 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | in the case of NixOS specifically, it's not about changing society through NixOS; it's about structuring NixOS to shield itself from the fallout of society | 18:11:05 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | which is to say, accepting that there are injustices and power imbalances in society, and those will filter through in interactions with people who live in that society, and so to maintain a healthy community which does not suffer from those exact same injustices, you need to actively watch for and counteract those things | 18:12:04 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | it's more putting a piece of cardboard under a wobbly table, than trying to reform the table manufacturing industry | 18:12:36 |
| @zimbatm:numtide.com | instead of just being happy to be part of this community, the request is that it also becomes an instrument for the better good | 18:12:43 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | as I have just said, it's not. | 18:12:57 |
| joepie91 🏳️🌈 | I certainly work towards a 'better good' on a personal level, as an activist. but "NixOS community management" does not play a role in that | 18:13:46 |
 jonringer | In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
as I have just said, it's not. For RFC 98, it is. Language like "social norms" definitely give a "leverage NixOS as a platform to enact an agenda" | 18:13:58 |
