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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by malthuswaswrong on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:09AM (#31067339)
>Are you unaware that the Free Software Movement is a political movement first and foremost?

Bingo. It is a political movement. One rooted in idiotic ideologies that no thinking person takes seriously. Communism was defeated by taking the few valid points of Marx and addressing them. The 98% stupidity was easy to refute and discard when the 2% valid points were accepted and addressed.

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by Karrot_Kream on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:27AM (#31067436)
Well... I think it also took a cold war between two economic systems, multiple hot wars in Asia, and the maturation of social democracy to do so but yeah your point stands.

(Love your username btw)

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