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by johnfjacobi
3559 days ago
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> Note, in advance, that I am not saying these should not be free, they absolutely should, this is a problem on the level of the philosophical framework and of strategy -- not a factual mistake on the value level It seems like this critique rests on one central premise: Stallman is too ideologically pure. He's a zealot. And this is true, no doubt. But I do wonder, hasn't every successful movement been spearheaded by a zealot, by someone who refuses to compromise? The work of outreach generally falls on these people's followers. Jesus, Ayn Rand, Lenin, etc... |
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No, Stallman is not ideologically pure enough! He's very principled, however he simply has some mistaken principles.
I define ideological purity not by the level of zealotry, which Stallman certainly doesn't lack, but by the level of consistency with a wider social analysis and general correctness (now the relativists will get me but this is possible to define by linking principles and conclusions, I just don't want to get into that).
And in this respect, Ayn Rand is pure, Lenin fucking invented it, and so on.