What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about government
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.
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4 dated positions, 2021 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsall American administrations have the power to disconnect any individual, company, or foreign government from digital infrastructure provided by American Big Tech
↗Denmark gets more serious about digital sovereigntyworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsFifty raids in a day! For wrong speech, spicy memes, online insults of politicians, and other utterances by German citizens critical of their government or policies!
↗Leave it to the Germansworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 11 months earlier
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Their wordsSo laws that seek increasingly draconian penalties for forbidden speech are coming out of the woodwork everywhere
- 3 years earlier
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Our readingBig tech is about to meet its one real obstacle: sovereign governments with democratic mandates
Their wordsbig tech is about to meet the one real obstacle to world domination: Sovereign governments with democratic mandates
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