I meant from a what do we have to lose standpoint - good tech loses, bad wins it's liveable. Politics on the other hand, if bad ideas win real people and sometimes entire nations end up getting hurt or are put at a long lasting disadvantage.
Ah okay. Hmm.. but OTOH, lot of programmers have (knowingly and unknowingly) aided surveillance/weapons programs, that have caused damage, though ofcource, I will concede that its not the same as putting a dictator in power.
