Although it's interesting to see the types of threats he has outlined in the past and how at the time when he was saying it people were calling them paranoid, and looking back we can see that he wasn't paranoid, but on point and predictive.
Perhaps the things we think are paranoia now are similar. They may not be apparent, but perhaps they are similarly on point and predictive.
I think we agree more than disagree about how paranoia can become reality. The Snowden fallout rewired my thinking, and I'm still recovering from/reconciling the election.
But some Stallman stuff I see as hyperbole or just wrong.
For example he would label a hobbyist creating a compression utility and choosing to keep code private:
- anti-social
- an instrument of unjust power
- disrespectful of the freedom of others
He makes no distinction between government oppression or megacorp monopolies, and 1 person making personal choices. In reality things fall on a spectrum.
Perhaps the things we think are paranoia now are similar. They may not be apparent, but perhaps they are similarly on point and predictive.