I think open source is a kind of compensation for the fact that our political economy doesn't create meritocracies, analogous to how when one part of your body

I think open source is a kind of compensation for the fact that our political economy doesn't create meritocracies, analogous to how when one part of your body is injured some other part compensates. The compensation isn't "good" in the sense that it's bad to be injured and therefore to need it, but without the compensation things would be even worse.