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@floppy.org.uk

I mean, find me a single American tech organisation that *isn’t* full of right wing libertarians. That’s the secret lurking in open source - it’s actually a weird combo of gun-toting anti-government survivalists and radical progressives* who have managed for years to share some similar goals […]

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James Smith 💾

@floppy.org.uk

5 Sept

You could see the same tension in GDS - a right wing anti-state government that put it in place as a way to slash the civil service, but staffed by progressives who truly wanted to make citizen’s lives easier. The truce held until it started to threaten institutions that considered themselves to […]

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bob

@bob.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy

6 Sept

@Floppy @psd you might say that, i couldnt possibly comment.

Daniel Bayley 🇺🇦

@danielbayley.dev

5 Sept

The goals of Open Source, and the goals of the reigning tech oligarchy are diametrically opposed.