Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Freddy Freeloader wrote:
> GNU/Linux has more in common with freedom of choice than anything else.
> It's originators my not see that, or have had it in mind, but the fact
> is it does. It doesn't require coercion or attempt to force anyone to
> do things exactly the same as everyone else. It is a decentralized way
> of doing things.
>
> Socialism is just the opposite when put into practice. It centralizes
> all power over individual preferences and decisions in the hands of the
> government.
You're confusing totalitarianism with socialism and doing great disservice
to most British commonwealths and much of the European Union in the process
by doing so.
> I value freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and personal
> privacy. GNU/Linux is very compatible with all of those concepts.
So does Socialism.
> GNU/Linux also gives the poor man a helping hand.
Exactly like Socialism.
> To tell the truth I see very little of the core of socialism in any part
> of Linux. Even the core kernel development is decentralized. Linus
> does only a very small part of actual development anymore. It's his
> idea and implementation so he rightly holds a fair amount of power of
> the kernel, but the process of kernel development most definitely isn't
> a centralized one. If it were centralized there wouldn't have been more
> than 2000 developers from all walks of life adding patches to it in the
> last year. And in true socialism Linus would have had to give up his
> entire power over the process, which I see as a truly stupid idea.
You truly have confused totalitarianism with socialism.
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