To understand how second rate software and education materials are imposed on people, you have to understand the that the intent is to rob everyone. It is hard for people who grew up with public libraries to imagine the restricted digital future, so everyone should read Richard Stallman’s amusing and frightening 1997 short story, “The Right to Read”. It is amusing for it’s retrospectively optimistic setting, is there anyone else left who thinks there will be colonies on the moon by 2047? It is frightening for it’s insight into the rapacious goals and social impact of digital restrictions. The goal really is to drive everyone deep into debt for the information most people willingly share when given the chance by institutions like Wikipedia on a free internet.

We must not let corrupt leaders create such a suspicious and enslaved future. The solution is simple, to adopt first rate software and educational materials. At an institutional level, this should be an easy sell. At a personal level it is as easy as sharing. Keep sharing and demand the right to do it in the open.