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i love how woke has almost become a seal of approval at this point
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I disagree. Yes, "Libertarians" are supposedly "Socially Liberal", making them compatible with 'gay', but Libertarians are also 100% Capitalist in every sense of the word, making them not at all compatible with 'communism' in any way, shape or form. "Free/Libre Software" is as anti-capitalist as it's possible for software to get. It goes against everything Libertarians stand for.
I don't really care if FLOSS gets used for Corporate profits or the Military Industrial Complex, not because I support those things (I don't), but because I believe in actual freedom, not a vague concept of freedom. Software is a tool (when it's not art), and like any tool it can be used for good or evil. I can take a hammer and build you a house with it or bash in your skull.
I think it's futile to give people tools and then expect them to not use them in ways we don't like. How would that even work, the 'honor' system? The only thing we can really do is give people tools and then try to educate them on how and why to use them in a way consistent with our ideals and hope they follow.
Sure a "Libertarian" might use FLOSS, but not because it's compatible with their ideals, but because it's 'Free' as in Beer. A capitalist will cut corners in any way they possibly can, even if it means using 'commie' software.
At the end of the day so-called "Libertarians" are hypocrites who will do or say whatever they have to in order to get their way. For example they claim to not use violence to achieve their political goals, but that is a lie. They will happily use the violence of the state to protect their 'pirate property'. You will not find a single "Libertarian" who thinks it was wrong to drop nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They just don't want violence used on them.
A prime example of this is the 'Tea Party'. It started out as a "Libertarian" movement. Ya know, the 'small government' party who is 'socially liberal' and believes in 'free trade'. It quickly morphed into the group that put Trump into office, with an 'authoritarian far-right' ideology that believes in 'mercantilism'. Because the truth is while they may personally be Ok with you being gay, they care far more about Capitalists and their agenda than anything related to social justice.
Sorry for the rant, I've just been down that road myself and made an ass out of myself before smelling the coffee. I refuse to let "Libertarians" reform themselves in peoples eyes. It's a self contradictory ideology. It's political philosophy for 5th graders.