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submitted 3 days ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[-] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 days ago

People are nuanced, billionaires aren't just people, they're a distillate of oppression. The amount of wealth and power people like Gates have is perverse, obscene, and unsustainable. With power comes responsibility, if that responsibility feels unfair, give up the power, he could decide to drop everything and feed the hungry.

Lemmy is dogmatic yes, and sometimes that's really fucking annoying but billionaires aren't people like you and me, they are disgustingly greedy to the point it is abusive to not just individuals but millions of people.

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