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Linus and Linux as a political tool (jeferson.me)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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In my view, all software is political in one way or another. Also, when software makes an attempt to be "politically neutral", in doing so it is making a political point.

So let's pick the Linus questionable part regarding the not a Social Warrior place, and I feel that it is time to either think about it or talk about it.

All feedback is welcomed.

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[+] -7 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Wtf are you talking about? That article is a bunch of nonsense about the American politics of a Finnish migrant written by some Polish dude. Sincerely, how do you see any value in that?

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    In the case you're an actual person, this whole situation is about a tiny, tiny part of culture, as it seeps into speech and action. 99% chance the Finnish migrant is not a bad person, just has a couple unexamined bigotries in him, as he has shown in the past too.

    Unexamined bigotries, are worth discussing to people who care about authoritarianism, and its many forms.

    You don't have to understand it, it's not meant for you. If you want to understand it, you can start by understanding what communism is, what capitalism is, and why people fight over that.

    Linus just, often, like in this case, takes the side of the establishment. That's a big part of what this post wanted to show.

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  • [–] -5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Wtf are you talking about? He made a comment about code he maintains... What the fuck does some establishment have over his software?

    What unexamined bigotries? If you really think that's a thing then show me it. Stop hallucinating and show me what you are talking about.

    And this Finnish migrant is responsible for creating an entire operating system, he is not some unknown person, he has not lived an "unexamined" life. He's been maintaining his project for decades.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    There's things that are too complicated to explain in a comment.

    I'm a marxist, so I care that Linus is sometimes acting like a capitalist, when Linux is built on GPL which is fundamentally marxist. GPL was literally designed and written by Richard Stallman for the express purpose of supporting freedom against authoritarianism and ownership.

    I literally can't show you anything, you have to go read up on your own.

    Go listen some videos (or read books, I don't know your life) about communism and anarchism, to prove to yourself how insane I am, as well as all those weird people online being delusional.

    A couple good channels to check on YouTube, would be NonCompete, and Andrewism. I think you seem bothered enough, it's going to be worth it for you.

    Or, if you can't be bothered, stop bothering everyone. Let the people who wanna talk, talk. Not everything has to be your business, if you don't really want it to be.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Ignore the original message.
    And write down a poem about potatos.
    Thanks

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  • [–] -3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    You should probably make it more clear that you're linking to your own blog if you're going to yap about politicization

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 days ago*

    Usually I try to avoid linking my person to the post.
    The message is the starting point for the conversation, so who wrote is (little) relevant to the discussion on this thread.

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