[eternityforest]

If you aren't completely against ALL government intervention, people might like the fact that teaching Linux is teaching independence.

The people that love private enterprise are the often same people that think small engine repair is an essential life skill, and don't want big tech watching them.

It's not greasy and rumbly and subjectively "real" like the easy-to-market stuff, but it's still a form of self reliance to remove your dependence on a company known for randomly changing stuff whenever they want.

Same with electric cars really. Research into sustainable nonlithium batteries and cheap PV means a possibility for you to never need to buy gas again for the 30 year life of your solar panels if they pull it off.

Then again, some people don't like anything that doesn't feel solid and substantial, and the people most interested in independence might want completely tech free schools. Seems like a lot of people want to go back to paper.

[Swenrekcah]

Yeah that's true. However, realistically the uproar will be from lobbyists that will use their skills and money to persuade those people better than I can :(