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[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 days ago (5 children)

One could argue Linux, GPL, and Open Source are all based on woke communist concepts.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 6 days ago

He is such a good role model for being wealthy.

He is, when it comes down to it, pretty wealthy. But we are talking about the guy who created the kernel that now runs nearly every Internet service, all Android phones, most streaming devices, and a lot of various embedded devices. Anyone else with that much impact would be a billionaire many times over.

But he's got a comfortable amount and has not exercised unreasonable ambition. A man who did someone very valuable and was well rewarded and sees no point in being any better off than he is.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I didn't know any of this man's views, I shouldve started using linux sooner

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 6 days ago (31 children)

It's called "being a decent human". It doesn't take much but the right just can't comprehend that

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

Here in the Netherlands they accuse people of being a 'deugmens' which literally translates as being a 'virtuehuman', a human with virtues. Except for possible pretentiousness, having virtues is hardly a bad thing, quite the opposite. Being politically correct has negative connotations, but most of the time it's very easy to explain why something is politically incorrect, because the incorrect route has often proven in the past to be disastrous. People used to talk about 'political correctness gone mad' but now very often any political correctness is deemed bad. Woke is considered by some to be one of the worst insults you can get, but waking up and seeing that there is terrible inequity in this world, seeing that we are very whatever-centric in our thoughts/actions and questioning all that, is hardly a bad thing. Now the question is, do we need to reappropriate these words, reclaim and reframe them, or should we ignore them and move beyond them because people have been so deeply conditioned with 'woke=bad' no questions asked.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago

Well said. The people that have been clamoring "wake up sheeple" are now mad that people are "woke".

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Linus. The hero we need. But not the hero we deserve.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's an asshole, but god damn it, he's our asshole.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Everyone needs an asshole otherwise you're just full of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (23 children)

If you believe in equality, you're woke. You're also a socialist. Because since fascism is a sincere belief in inequality based on identity, while neoliberalism (democrats) is a sincere belief in inequality based on class / wealth.

So yeah, this belief in equality or basic human decency needs to be destroyed in order to maximize profit. Invest in this propaganda, great ROI guaranteed!

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's times like these where you're reminded that Linus is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

You're mistaken. He's good and talented, but you're mistaking normal human care for humans for awesomeness

I suspect your perception is warped by all the people in power in America right now

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I've always liked Torvalds' blunt style.

Sometimes it works against him, but at least he's consistent about it.

Also, where do I sign up for my atheist card?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Unfortunately, it's true: Linux is woke. And DEI. And gay.

We need to get Elon Musk and the DOGE team on this, stat!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Very loose definition of "leftist" there but we take a W where we can.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (13 children)

Why are leftists the absolute worse for gatekeeping what makes a true leftist?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's not gatekeeping, none of the opinions shared here by Linus are categorically leftist. The person retweeting him is erroneously putting him into a box, or knows more about his full ideology than he's shared in the tweet.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago

Linus is my favourite centrist <3

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (12 children)

I've started replying "ok, dozer" to anyone who complains about "wholeness" to me. The ennui I have with the regressives is just beyond description anymore.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like this word to describe those responsible for us all going backwards now: regressives.

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