xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@ullard @eriner At least Stallman keeps his free software activism separate from his other activism, and is willing to work with people he disagrees with. For example, Stallman makes it clear that he isn't found of right-libertarians, but that didn't stop him from working with someone like ESR during the early days of the GNU project. Stallman has also appeared on right-wing shows like InfoWars.

Contrast this with someone like Drew DeVault who constantly writes hit-pieces of people he doesn't like on his blog and goes out of his way to make sure they are blacklisted from as many communities as possible. Drew DeVault wants the entire FLOSS movement to cater to his narrow worldview.

I don't like RMS's personal politics, especially his stances on COVID, but at least he knows to keep them separate from the free software movement and the GNU project.

@WilhelmIII @rms @eriner It's basically the furthest left you can be while still being a capitalist. Basically you still have private ownership of the means of production, but you favor democratic policies and stronger social programs to "help the little guy".

At least that's what I'm told. Apparently it's different than "democratic socialism".

@eriner @rms He used to have a pump.io account to do the same thing. He said that he doesn't really like social media and that Mastodon account is set up by someone else under his blessing.

https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

@eriner @rms He doesn't reply to people. That account just mirrors posts he makes on his website. He always had Social Democratic leanings. I'm surprised that many people don't realize that until now.

Also a reminder that even though Ross Ulbricht was innocent, he was also an idiot for making subtle hints about running Silk Road on his LinkedIn profile.

I'm not expecting much from Trump, but he better free Ross Ulbricht or we are going to have some problems.