Blah blah blah, you don't program so your input is not wanted.
FROM OP:
But, that thread wanders into difficult philosophical terrain, and I am interested in hearing opinions (practical!) re what we can do about "Economic Totalitarianism":
BTW, I program (in the past not for over a decade now) in Assembler, Fortan, Pascal, RPGII, QB, VB, C, C++ and C# as well as uncountable scripting languages over the years.