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Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by Pimpus on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:05PM (#19565635)
> The very definition of a citizen was one who was active in politics (the inverse being someone preoccupied with their own private matters, an "idiotis" in Ancient Greek, and the etymology for "idiot").

Um, OK... but not everything is a political act. It's just a ridiculous meme I see now and again.

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Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by coldtea on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:08AM (#19571171)
Yeah, it's not literally really about everything (e.g. taking a shit) being political, it's about how all kinds of stances are political (even a stance like "I don't care about politics, I focus on my own personal stuff" has political implications).
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