All Open Source Lovers Should be Libertarians
Yep. I broke a rule of the open source community.
I brought politics into the discussion.
We can't get along as it is guys, just admit we like disagreeing and read on.
But that's kinda my point.
The Open Source philosophy is "You know what's in it. You like it: Contribute. You don't like it: Fork and make your own"
That is libertarian at its core.
Do what you want, I don't care. If I don't like it, it doesn't matter cause I don't use it. I'll fork and make my own community.
Do we need morality? Yes.
Do we need some sort of societal order? Not really.
Hear me out.
What is better because the government touched it?
What has actually improved after the government got involved?
People breaking the law being punished? Yes.
People doing what they want and the government saying they have to do it differently? No.
Murder? Government should be involved.
Insurance? Fork and make your own.
See, the reason insurance is so expensive, is because it's regulated.
The reason college is so expensive? Regulation.
Housing? Regulation
Cars? Regulation
Lawyers? Regulation
Get rid of the government mandates, the government rules, the government structure, the body of individuals writing policy for millions of people they'll never meet, and everyone will be able to choose for themselves.
Who wants to use Windows?
No one.
Why? Because it's written by an entity that cares more about making a dollar than writing good software.
You think the government is motivated by freedom? Motivated by philanthropy?
The government is a body of power. People seeking to be in the government are seeking power, for whatever their reason for wanting that power. It only stands to reason that their motivation is to remain in power ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_V4lRdtjo )
You know these things, you use them in every single one of your arguments against proprietary software. If you're arguing against proprietary software, why not argue against proprietary government?
So, in the spirit of decentralized, non-federated, free software, why not support the same thing in government?
I brought politics into the discussion.
We can't get along as it is guys, just admit we like disagreeing and read on.
But that's kinda my point.
The Open Source philosophy is "You know what's in it. You like it: Contribute. You don't like it: Fork and make your own"
That is libertarian at its core.
Do what you want, I don't care. If I don't like it, it doesn't matter cause I don't use it. I'll fork and make my own community.
Do we need morality? Yes.
Do we need some sort of societal order? Not really.
Hear me out.
What is better because the government touched it?
What has actually improved after the government got involved?
People breaking the law being punished? Yes.
People doing what they want and the government saying they have to do it differently? No.
Murder? Government should be involved.
Insurance? Fork and make your own.
See, the reason insurance is so expensive, is because it's regulated.
The reason college is so expensive? Regulation.
Housing? Regulation
Cars? Regulation
Lawyers? Regulation
Get rid of the government mandates, the government rules, the government structure, the body of individuals writing policy for millions of people they'll never meet, and everyone will be able to choose for themselves.
Who wants to use Windows?
No one.
Why? Because it's written by an entity that cares more about making a dollar than writing good software.
You think the government is motivated by freedom? Motivated by philanthropy?
The government is a body of power. People seeking to be in the government are seeking power, for whatever their reason for wanting that power. It only stands to reason that their motivation is to remain in power ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_V4lRdtjo )
You know these things, you use them in every single one of your arguments against proprietary software. If you're arguing against proprietary software, why not argue against proprietary government?
So, in the spirit of decentralized, non-federated, free software, why not support the same thing in government?
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