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Don't be afraid: Linux is good for you (Globe and Mail)Don't be afraid: Linux is good for you (Globe and Mail)Posted Jul 31, 2003 18:04 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)In reply to: Don't be afraid: Linux is good for you (Globe and Mail) by dooglio Parent article: Don't be afraid: Linux is good for you (Globe and Mail) Of course, holding leftist or communistic political views is just as American as any other... since last time I checked the Constitution still allowed that... and of course people elsewhere in the world really don't care whether they're un-American or not (especially places like the PRC, I suspect...) so in a global marketplace that's not very relevant. The anti-Linux forces are looking more and more to me like protectionists. And if "capitalism" means the process of earning a living by selling the fruits of your labor (whether those fruits be a service provided or a physical product) and reaping a just price thereby, no problem. But if it means screwing people over through monopoly power and onerous legal extortion as a standard method of conducting business, yes, I am anti-capitalist. I guess some people just can't stand the thought that somewhere, someone doesn't have financial gain as their primary motivating value. [Note that the above paragraphs do not necessarily give any indication of my own personal views on political systems--I am in fact a U.S. voter whose registered political affiliation is "Decline to State". It keeps a lot of stupid junk mail out of my mailbox in the autumn...] :-)
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