Comment by busterarm
5 hours ago
Most people don't look at the Board of Directors.
And while I respect everyone on it for their achievements, from their own bios and other political work they're involved in you can clearly tell which stated goal is in service of another.
I've met and spoken to at least half of them and...yeah.
John Gilmore is gone. Brad Templeton is gone. John Perry Barlow is dead. The civil libertarian bent that the organization began with is long gone.
EFF is a Ship of Theseus like any other.
Your first sentence is key. Most people don't look behind the green curtain, but it's often where you find who the really important people in the org are.