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@@ -33,47 +33,60 @@ I've been rather loud about the apolitical or centrist parts of the hacker movem
 Conflation between the terms "maker" and "hacker" have further undermined the movement
 with capitalist and neoliberal ideas.
 
-It's true that a movement as large as the hacker scene will have room for less political people,
-or even viewpoints from the less-left spectrum.
-Yet, I have always found it dangerous to attempt to leave politics out of hacking.
-
-This includes a critical stance towards capitalism and discrimination against minorities.
+That isn't to say that everybody in the hacker scene
+needs to be continously aware of all political implications of their actions at all times.
+Danger arises from people who don't feel like political action is important _at all_
+or who represent centrist, capitalist and neo-liberal viewpoints.
+This includes refusal to take action against climate change
+(have these people even seen Hackers?!)
+or supporting the police, regulatory body and disregarding free software movements
+for reasons of convenience.
+
+I'm taking about these things in rather vague terms because I want to avoid
+drawing a definite line that people can't cross.
+Really, I would argue that there's many ways to be a hacker.
+I see issue and a danger to the movement,
+when people attempt to "leave politics out of hacking" entirely.
+
+This includes fighting capitalism and discrimination against minorities.
 Hackers, by definition, are the political left!
 Anyone who isn't and still claims to be a hacker has successfully co-opted the word
 and is attempting to undermine the movement for their own political gain.
 
 It's not always obvious how the existence of apolitical hackers impacts the movement
 or the technologies that they build.
-But just like Tech in general has a racism and sexism problem,
+But just like Tech in general has racism and sexism problems,
 so does the hacker movement.
 Society does, really. There's no way to remove a community from time and space.
-"Stuff" happened before we got here, and pretending that it didn't, won't help anyone.
+"Stuff" happened before we got here, and pretending that it didn't, is dangerous.
 
 I could talk about the impact of apoliticality on technology
-and new communities that are being built for a very long time but I really don't want to today.
-Instead I want to focus on something else.
+and communities that are being built for a very long time but I really don't want to today.
+Instead I want to focus on something else, something more positive.
 
 ## A very political congress
 
 I very much enjoyed this year's congress!
 
-Maybe in part that was because of the people I was attending it with this year ( *wink* )
-but in no small part, it was also because of a general atmosphere that seemed to be lurking around.
+Maybe in part that was because of the people I was attending it with this year ( 😉 )
+but in no small part, it was also because of the general atmosphere around the event.
 This isn't something only I noticed.
-I had conversations about this with others, who apparently also noticed this change.
+I had conversations about this with others,
+who apparently also noticed this change from last year.
 
 The first thing you saw when entering the venue was a huge Antifa flag,
-setting the tone of the event as being very left-wing.
+setting the tone of the rest of the event.
 Apart from that there were a lot more assemblies this year,
-many were dedicated to squatting, anarchy and dismanteling the capitalist system
-that we are all forced to live in.
+many were dedicated to squatting, anarchy and fighting capitalism.
 There were a few queer assemblies, scattered around the hall,
-making it so that queer and leftist issues weren't all bundled in one spot
+making it so that queer and leftist representations weren't all bundled in one spot
 but were present all through the venue.
+Even purely technical assemblies were surrounded my antifa flags and anarchist stickers and flyers.
 This changed the atmosphere quite significantly.
 
-It wasn't perfect. Just like last year, it was plagued by logistical problems,
-some larger, some smaller.
+It wasn't perfect.
+Just like last year, it was plagued by logistical problems,
+some smaller, some larger.
 There were people who had their stuff stolen.
 There were speakers who made problematic jokes on stage.
 There were still apolitial and centrist people present.
@@ -85,12 +98,13 @@ But despite all that, the air, the general atmosphere of the event was different
 
 I welcome this change.
 And I hope that it sets a new tone for the CCC and the C3 in general.
-I would very much enjoy going back next year and finding out that the event has become even more overtly anarchist.
+I would very much enjoy going back next year
+and finding out that the event has become even more overtly anarchist.
 
-Because we shouldn't forget our core motivation as hackers, inspired by "Hackers":
+Because we shouldn't forget our core motivation as hackers,
+inspired by "Hackers":
 **being queer, and doing crimes!**
 
 The only downside from 35C3? I don't really know what to think about birds anymore...
 
 
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