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If you're a tankie you can be a cunt? What an absurd take.
Edit: tankie is originally too strong for Linus. Still a terrible takeaway.
Edit 2: Linus is worth 150M+, not exactly giving that away either.
Communist != tankie
Tankies are always communists, communists aren't always tankies
For sure. I backed off a bit a while ago. Tankie is definitely not the right term.
Linus isn't a tankie, and Socialism/Communism isn't giving away money. It's a dramatic restructuring of the economy into a Worker owned and operated one.
I already conceded hours ago that tankie was absolutely the incorrect term. You are absolutely correct it's an entirely incorrect characterization.
Not really sure what you mean. Just my personal anecdote, I made no attempt to generalize it or imply objectivity…
Given the magnitude of his contribution, he could be a multi-billionaire, calling loudly for cage fights for his wife to beat up Zuckerberg and Musk. Then again, Linux probably wouldn't have been as successful if he had gone that route.
I think it's safe to say though that he's no communist or probably not even center-left in the economic sense. I mean he did deliberately and permanently relocate to USA from Finland in the 90s. Also his father is a Swedish People's Party politician, and that party is the best kind: classic liberal.