It's really not complicated at all. RMS is simply a social-democrat. He is the shining example of what social-democracy is really in practice. His position i

It's really not complicated at all. RMS is simply a social-democrat. He is the shining example of what social-democracy is really in practice. His position is not utopian at all, it's a very limited and specific, socially liberal, demand: it's unjust to have people be unable to do whatever they want with the things they own, not to mention having the things they own controlling them. Proprietary software does tend to limit and control its users, therefore we need to abolish proprietary software. It has nothing to do with hindering capitalism or anything like that. I can see people in the USA having problems to properly frame his position due to the ideological burden of equating any kind of a demand for sharing and cooperation with communism or socialism, regardless if the demand actually has anything to do with left wing political motivations.