[not2b]

But Gilmore and RMS had very different ideologies. They mostly agreed about the importance of free software for empowering users, but their definitions of freedom had many differences: Gilmore's a strong libertarian, RMS is a social democrat.

[bsedlm]

yes. there's a hint on the ideology under attack in your observation. empowered users are dangerous to real-life systems. best keep such power in the hands of a select few properly credentialed engineers.