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RMS is a classic Green Party guy, explicitly. That is not the same as being anti-capitalist. And only idiots think that free markets don't have externalities,
by quadrangle 11y ago
RMS is a classic Green Party guy, explicitly. That is not the same as being anti-capitalist.
And only idiots think that free markets don't have externalities, so RMS noting that there are environmental or social issues free markets fail to address is itself completely unremarkable. Anyone who denies those facts should be completely disregarded. Even the most staunch free market advocates who have any understanding of reality accept that externalities exist.
- st3v3r 11y agoUsually the staunch free market advocates don't want to do anything about those externalities, though. They accept that they exist, but that doesn't stop them from fighting whenever regulation or taxes come up as a way to fix those externalities.
- quadrangle 11y agoSure. There are idiots who deny/ignore externalities, and then there are intelligent dogmatic fundamentalists who prioritize their fundamentalist model regardless of ramifications.