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i love how woke has almost become a seal of approval at this point

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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's more nuanced than that. I would characterize a significant portion of FLOSS philosophy and participants as "libertarianism" (in the US politics sense).

On LGBTQ issues, they seem to be compatible with "gay and communism", but a litmus test would be whether a member would support the use of FLOSS for

  1. Large companies' profits (e.g. AWS)
  2. Military suppliers (e.g. Palantir, Anduril)

Interpreting the licences in their literal text would mean that the above are not only allowed, but in fact part of the "liberty" the license aims to protect.

The tragedy is that lots of "gay and communism" participants will find themselves betrayed by the libertarian elements once an actual choice appears in reality, such as when people try to "patch" the movement with Code of Conduct.

The problem, in my opinion, roots in the tendencies of the founding members towards "tech neutrality". This is turn is a result of the US hippie movement's ideology of "no ideology".

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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yes, I now consider woke brands a seal of approval. I bought Harry's soap the other day cause it was on sale. When I got home I had a brief thought that I bought Nazi soap by accident and had to Google is Harry's woke? Turns out yes Harry's is the woke soap because they dated to have a trans actor in a commercial. Jeremy's is the Nazi soap created in retaliation to that.

So guess I lucked out and bought the right soap. I've never even seen Jeremy's in store. Why is it none of these anti woke brands have a retail presence? I suspect it's a combo of shitty product and lack of an actual market beyond Nazis.

Sadly I Harry's is not the soap for me. It has too much of that "guy" scent to it. I prefer a less fragrant soap that still has a pine smell. Hard to find on the cheap.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Bet it’s mickeysoft posting fake articles to try and keep peops from jumping ship.

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