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Re:Linus Torvalds Back in Charge of Linux by echaozh on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:29AM (#18282439)
I think the very first rule of life is to live. If someone helps you live when otherwise you're going to die, you should tolerate more of his weirdness. If someone helps you live better when otherwise you're going to be quite miserable, you should also be more tolerant. I think this is the logic of meritocracy, and the logic behind capitalism.

You either believe in capitalism and thus meritocracy as its twin, or neither. Why do capitalists get to take away so much profit, and why should we award patents to inventors, if we don't reward those with "merit"?

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Re:Linus Torvalds Back in Charge of Linux by aninhumer on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:32AM (#18282452)
>If someone helps you live when otherwise you're going to die, you should tolerate more of his weirdness.

Yes, if someone has control over your life or death, you should probably do what they say.

That is what most people call "violent coercion".

>You either believe in capitalism and thus meritocracy as its twin, or neither.

Well, quite...

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Re:Linus Torvalds Back in Charge of Linux by jf- on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:42AM (#18282502)
>If someone helps you live when otherwise you're going to die

>That is what most people call “violent coercion”.

Really? Is it?

There’s no point in continuing here, I’m afraid we’re too far apart to gain anything from this discussion. Have a good day.

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Re:Linus Torvalds Back in Charge of Linux by aninhumer on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:45AM (#18282520)
If they can choose not to help they're not "helping you to live", they're choosing not to kill you.

And if they choose whether to kill you based on whether you do what they want, that's violent coercion.

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