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by jordanb 216 days ago
"Information wants to be free" was always a pretty marginal part of the California Ideology[0].

The main difference between now and thirty years ago, is that now they're only "anti-statist" when the state tries to control them personally. They're pro-state when it's being inflicted on their perceived enemies or underlings.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Californian_Ideology