Comment on Why are so many leaders in tech evil?

• Omniraptor@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Richard stallman was right about everything

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stallman is a notable figure in the industry but he was never the leader of a large tech company. That’s probably why he’s a decent guy

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He was a big defender of paedophilia, necrophilia, incest, and bestiality. He thinks people should have the right to fuck their pets or their children. Not to mention the reports on his creepy behaviour with women.

      Stallman is an incredible steward of FOSS, but he is not a decent guy overall.

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      • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Let’s note that necrophilia with mutual agreement (pre-mortem, and same with cannibalism) and incest with mutual agreement (between adults) are fucked up, but should be defended. Animals can’t consent, children can’t consent, so not that.

        Not to mention the reports on his creepy behaviour with women.

        That - yeah.

        But I guess it’s another sobering reminder of why celebrity worship is bad. I see way too many people try to bury or deny his scummy side, just because they worship him as a FOSS celebrity figure.

        Believing in discourses and narratives without understanding that they are never real is bad.

        You can believe only in what you see with your own eyes since inception and till death.

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I had never heard that about him. That’s disappointing.

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    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The FSF isn’t exactly what you think of when you hear the words “large tech company”… but you could argue that in some ways it is one couldn’t you… 😁😛

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could, but the OP is talking about the people who became filthy rich or at least notable. I don’t know if Tom ever made any real money. Almost all of the people listed used their corporate power to smash competition and dominate the market.

        If anything, Stallman is the antithesis of most of these people.

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    • exu@feditown.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What he did is important, but he’s definitely an asshole as well

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Old captain crunch is another one that turned out to be a weirdo

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      he was never the leader of a large tech company. That’s probably why he’s a decent guy

      I think you have that backwards.

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  • jollyrogue@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While at the sametime being a gross person.

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• ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gabe too.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are no good billionaires

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    • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You don’t even know whether Gabe is or isn’t a billionaire.

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        www.forbes.com/profile/gabe-newell/

        luxurylaunches.com/…/gabe-newell-luxury-yachts.ph…

        If he wasn’t a billionaire it would be very simple, there are no good multi millionaires either!

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      • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why are we using his first name

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• 0x0@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Daniel Stenberg seems like a nice guy.

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