"If China and the US are in a race for Orwellian tyranny, I hope the US loses." RMS is generally right, and I have the utmost respect for his adherence to such

"If China and the US are in a race for Orwellian tyranny, I hope the US loses." RMS is generally right, and I have the utmost respect for his adherence to such a principled stance for the social good all these years. Imagine all the opportunities to become filthy rich in the tech world he's ignored, having lived through multiple tech bubbles while being more than qualified to capitalize on them through developing proprietary software or otherwise exploiting users.