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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by drdeadringer on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:41PM (#13982275)
When was this earlier time?
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by pnathan on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:28PM (#13990258)
That was a huge thrust of the 90s Linux nerd thought. Call it a lazzeiz faire countercultural perspective. esr provides a certain window into that time, although he seems to me to get more and more right-wing libertarian over the years.

The culture has shifted and moved, but the "avoid politics, it's evil" mentality still hangs around, a lot.

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