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Oldschool Communist revolutionaries, to be exact. Yeah, it's no mystery where Moxie's politics lie given those allusions and the not-a-company company, eat tog

• oldmanjay 11y ago
  Fortunately for most of the human population, the politics of the author of the software we use isn't really a consideration.
  • eplanit 11y ago
    That wasn't the case for Brendan Eich[1][2]. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-mozilla-ceo-resignation-idUSBREA321Y320140403 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-mozilla-ceo-res... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich
    • DanBC 11y ago
      HN should declare this off topic.
  • Grue3 11y ago
    I'm sure most people wouldn't use software created by Nazis. Considering Communism has arguably worse track record, I would definitely avoid any software created by its proponents if it's at all possible.
    • DanBC 11y ago
      > I'm sure most people wouldn't use software created by Nazis Best selling car of all time; star of several (very popular) movies: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130830-the-nazi-car-we-came-to-love http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130830-the-nazi-car-we-ca...
    • rmchugh 11y ago
      I think Moxie is a (left-wing) anarchist with more than a smattering of Crimethinc.
• tedks 11y ago
  Reading Moxie's early stories it is indeed no mystery where his politics lie, and it's certainly not "old-school communist."