Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
mnot@techpolicy.social ("Mark Nottingham") wrote:
"We therefore suggest that one of the most pragmatic anti-capitalist things that one can do is to push for any organizations that you might be involved with to participate in the standards development process. Encouraging organizations within a capitalist system to participate in a process that rests on openness, consensus, and lack of dominance erodes the power of that very system. It ensures that information — which, as we know, is power — is a public good."
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-anti-capitalist-case-for-standards/