[actuallyalys]

I found this whole piece strikingly disingenuous and manipulative, and your post captures why.

I think what makes fascism appealing to some people is that it seemingly offers an explanation and solution for why their immense talent, real or perceived, has been overlooked. Justine Tunney probably has more actual talent than the vast majority of the fascists of this type but she shares the same core of grievance.

I think it’s telling too that she doesn’t really mention that many open source maintainers, if they’re paid at all, don’t get paid enough. I’m not saying every pitch for open source funding has to include this but to omit that and also to brag about being in the 99.9997th percentile certainly makes it seem like she’s indifferent to the many talented open source maintainers who are in the same boat, most of whom do not have her destructive, nihilistic, and bigoted politics.

[orthecreedence]

It's odd though, because fascism (techno or otherwise) is not going to value Justine for her creative talents. It's going to either a) force her into detransition/medical experimentation (like our current admin is already doing to trans people) or b) send her to a camp. I don't believe there is any form of fascism that would be kind to trans people. But I guess the world is full of people who will argue against their own interests till they're blue in the face, so maybe it doesn't need to make sense.

[actuallyalys]

Yes, minorities who join the fascists as tokens rarely are rewarded long term.