One could argue Linux, GPL, and Open Source are all based on woke communist concepts.
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Very loose definition of "leftist" there but we take a W where we can.
my first thought exactly, when did Linus became a lefist?
Why are leftists the absolute worse for gatekeeping what makes a true leftist?
It's not gatekeeping to point out that 'leftist' historically doesn't mean 'left of center'. It's used as a reductive - but that's the nature of trying to reduce political ideologies to a single term - label for ideologies that are anti-capitalist. Nothing Linus said in this post points to him being anti-capitalist, he only commented on social issues.
He might still be a leftist, I'll give you that, but this post doesn't really show that.
Because the direction "left" doesn't actually have any inherent relationship to political ideologies, but people strive for some kind of ideological purity, especially to draw a contrast with a fundamentally unjust society?
The direction left is just an human construct, man.
The revolution eats their own children. No matter how left you are, someone is more left than you.
https://bigthink.com/the-present/yuri-bezmenov/
The answer is that it's complicated.
“As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore,” said Bezmenov. “A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents, with pictures; even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him [a] concentration camp, he will refuse to believe it, until he [receives] a kick in his fan-bottom. When a military boot crashes his balls then he will understand. But not before that. That’s the [tragedy] of the situation of demoralization.”
That is chilling.
Chilling is apt. I believe a KGB operative was quoted saying that the leftist is one of their greatest agents - regarding the average leftist's tendency towards infighting. I didn't really understand at the time, because I didn't realize the spectre in the background of this statement is 'while the leftist is busy fighting his neighbor, someone can step in through the chaos and take advantage'.
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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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.
What kind of lameass comeback is that? You can do better.
I like this word to describe those responsible for us all going backwards now: regressives.
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what do you mean by complaining about wholeness?
Autocorrect for 'wokeness'?
oh of course. I'm dumb.
Dozer sounds too cool, now bout nappers? It sounds like the british word for diapers
I like dozer because it not only suggests they're asleep, but it also suggests bulldozer, which is what the people they voted for are doing to the country and world.
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.
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