>>17081246>some boomer tried to scare me that if i don't havv a license, that other boomers will go out of their way to get me arrested.I never understood this mindset, hamfags are some of the most cucked slave-mentality autists out there:
>if we allow encryption, terrorists could use it and then they would ban ham radio!>if we don't follow da rules they'll take away our spectrum!!!>the government trusts us to self-regulate so we gotta find all the troublemakers! it's our ReSpOnSiBiLiTy as license holders!>can't play music unless you are a radio station! it's important that we don't cause mr. greenberg at the record company to lose a dollar! they'll lobby to take all our spectrum and radios away!CB seems to have a bit more of a relaxed attitude, but is mostly truckers.
Computer nerds always had a MUCH more antagonistic relationship (the proper one) towards feds, although this has changed dramatically over the past decade:
>created PGP and went to extreme measures to defy the US governments' restrictions on exporting encryption>"information wants to be free" a guiding ethos>the entire "cyberspace declaration of independence">fuck the MPAA/RIAA/BSA being a common sentiment>encryption/stego created that can even evade Chinese government censorship, and made easy-to-use>"uncensorable" networks created such as I2P and Tor>created "untraceable" cryptocurrencies such as Monero>widespread VPN use>sites such as this one disseminate "banned" videos and information like wildfireStill, what the hell is the deal with sad hams sucking fed dick? Why isn't there the rebel spirit of "I'll give you my baofeng when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"? All you need to make a radio is a few cheap electronic components and some basic knowledge, it's not like the government can meaningfully ban amateurs from doing whatever, especially considering the limited FCC enforcement budget these days.
