▲ 1284 ▼ I had a journey (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by imAadesh@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 454 comments fedilink hide all child comments Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 2 years ago (5 children) Linus Torvalds is a "full-blown woke communist"? Citation needed. I have been a FOSS enthusiast since my preteen or early teenage years (mid-to-late 2000s), yet I am not in any sense a communist. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (3 children) "full-blown woke communist" is US-speak for "Scandinavian socialist" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 25 points 2 years ago The term you want is social democrat, which isn't socialism but hey, it tries to like, stop people starving to death on the street, if only because it looks ugly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Robaque@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Scandinavian corporatist-social-democrat* permalink fedilink source parent [–] anarchotaoist@links.hackliberty.org -1 points 2 years ago Did you know the Scandanavian countries have more economic freedom than the USA! Its their saving grace. They also have many private roads. The early 20th c saw capitalist Nordic countries become very wealthy and store up sovereign funds. These funds were than blown dry in the later half of the century as they became more socialist. They have now abandoned many socialist policies and again adopted freedom. They do however still have high taxation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frezik@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago His dad was a straight up member of the Finnish Communist Party. He's still alive, and is even a member of the European Parliament, but seems more liberal/centrist these days. Linus himself seems to be pretty mum on politics. permalink fedilink source parent [–] akulium@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago To me it always seemed like Linus Torvalds is mostly a pragmatist. Richard M Stallman on the other hand... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think the dates are more relevant than the software. COVID pandemic was probably more impactful here than Linux. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kzhe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago He made a comment sarcastically and replied to an accusation labeling himself as such permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (3 children) "full-blown woke communist" is US-speak for "Scandinavian socialist" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 25 points 2 years ago The term you want is social democrat, which isn't socialism but hey, it tries to like, stop people starving to death on the street, if only because it looks ugly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Robaque@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Scandinavian corporatist-social-democrat* permalink fedilink source parent [–] anarchotaoist@links.hackliberty.org -1 points 2 years ago Did you know the Scandanavian countries have more economic freedom than the USA! Its their saving grace. They also have many private roads. The early 20th c saw capitalist Nordic countries become very wealthy and store up sovereign funds. These funds were than blown dry in the later half of the century as they became more socialist. They have now abandoned many socialist policies and again adopted freedom. They do however still have high taxation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 25 points 2 years ago The term you want is social democrat, which isn't socialism but hey, it tries to like, stop people starving to death on the street, if only because it looks ugly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robaque@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago Scandinavian corporatist-social-democrat* permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anarchotaoist@links.hackliberty.org -1 points 2 years ago Did you know the Scandanavian countries have more economic freedom than the USA! Its their saving grace. They also have many private roads. The early 20th c saw capitalist Nordic countries become very wealthy and store up sovereign funds. These funds were than blown dry in the later half of the century as they became more socialist. They have now abandoned many socialist policies and again adopted freedom. They do however still have high taxation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago His dad was a straight up member of the Finnish Communist Party. He's still alive, and is even a member of the European Parliament, but seems more liberal/centrist these days. Linus himself seems to be pretty mum on politics. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] akulium@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago To me it always seemed like Linus Torvalds is mostly a pragmatist. Richard M Stallman on the other hand... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think the dates are more relevant than the software. COVID pandemic was probably more impactful here than Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago He made a comment sarcastically and replied to an accusation labeling himself as such permalink fedilink source parent