Eric Raymond, Communism and Free Software

Eric Raymond on communism, free software, and the Cathedral and the Bazaar. Selected clips from Revolution OS. Copyright 2001 Wonderview Productions Note: This video may only be used for purposes such as criticism, review, private study, scholarship, or research. Other research materials and information: http://tech-insider.org/

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The Probability Broach: Fly the heavily armed skies

Guns on airplanes. What could possibly go wrong?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/2026/04/03/tpb-fly-the-heavily-armed-skies/

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The comments I made here;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116740511298882540

... about the intuitive appeal of libertarianism to teenagers, applies equally to anarchism.

This is a tricky claim. Because in leftish usage, 'anarchist' tends to mean 'anti-authoritarian socialist'. While 'libertarian' often means 'corporatist apologist'. Clearly these are wildly different things.

Bear with me though, I'm going somewhere with this. Hopefully somewhere useful ; )

(1/?)

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Strypey (@[email protected])

"Most (but not all) Westerners make the transition from stage 2 to stage 3 during adolescence." #DavidChapman https://vividness.live/developing-ethical-social-and-cognitive-competence Many of the people who identity loudly online as "libertarianism" have yet to make this transition. Either because they're still teenagers, or because their circumstances haven't yet supported them to move beyond the cognitive mode of teenagehood. This creates a heavily distorted picture of what libertarians might believe, our ethical approaches, etc. (3/3)

Mastodon - NZOSS

My business associate also saw right through this ultra-libertarian douche, and we discussed things on the ferry back to Finland.

I was reminded that even though Tallinn IS good for business, it’s also swamped with the international libertarian jet-se, who adore only wealth, make the rich the victims and repeat far-right conspiracy theories very casually.

I can visit there, no problem, but I would lose my shit if I had to work there.

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The Probability Broach: Inside job

The classic needlessly complicated villain plan.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/2026/03/27/tpb-inside-job/

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#libertarianism

The Probability Broach: Inside job

The Probability Broach: Do no harm

Doctor by day, killer by night.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/daylight/2026/03/20/tpb-do-no-harm/

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The Probability Broach: Do no harm

Tent to Rent: The Luxurious Zippered Estate 🏕️

This astonishing, jaw-dropping tent to let is available for NOW. Get your viewing while you still can with Real Estate Bastard Enterprises Ltd., the world’s leading estate agency for psychopaths-to-employees ratios.

The tent is located off the M60 motorway into Manchester and is quite close to a pond, but also located near to a pretty rough estate where working class scumbags reside. As such, expect much jolly tomfoolery and banter with these locals, plus the occasional punch to the face.

The Luxurious Zippered Estate: Nothing Beats Tent Living

  • £1,400 p/m (in Bitcoin)
  • £3,000 deposit
  • NO PETS
  • BILLS NOT INCLUDED
  • Tenant must pass drug tests and psychological analysis to ensure they are not a communist
  • Luxurious tent with zipper that has only minor issues getting a bit stuck (some grunting and expletives usually gets the job done)
  • Ambient air conditioning
  • Sleeping bag not included

This pop-up penthouse is a delight to behold. A blue and orange coloured tent with functioning zipper is entirely rainproof and cosy during the summer months. For the winter months, it’s advised you side-rent an indoor property to supplement your living alongside your tent-based needs.

Rent is a bargain at £1,400 p/m at a fixed Bitcoin rate. The price will not increase (indefinitely). However, the price will definitely increase after the first six months to £1,600 as we’re such greedy, loathable bastards.

You should feel privileged to pay this tent rent. A one-person hyper-minimalist, body contouring micro-condo is perfect for the modern working professional and an ideal way to lead an active, agile working life.

No Amenities: The Ultimate in Free Will Living

If you’re a libertarian deluding yourself to the nature of existence, this home is the perfect fit. There are no amenities included, with no running water, electricity, cooking, or bathroom facilities.

You have complete and utter free will to do as you please.

As you well know, the modern state is a parasitic entity designed to crush the innovative, rugged individualist. Finding a home where one can breathe freely, unburdened by the tyranny of fire regulations, property taxes, and a sense of morality, you’ll find total liberation with clean, minimalist, free-will-based living:

  • Catch your water in a bucket outside your luxurious zippered property
  • Hunt down food (rats, geese etc.) in the local bins and parks
  • Mark your territory by urinating and defecating at key locations
  • Pay in Bitcoin as the ultimate libertarian gesture

As we all know, tenant rights should not exist. For real libertarians understand the market regulates itself and, if anything, landlords deserve MORE money than they already receive, for which you can retaliate at a later date by opening an entire tent-to-rent colony somewhere off the M1.

This is a golden investment opportunity, libertarian! Secure your future today by living like a deadbeat bum.

Previous Tenant’s Advocacy for the Luxurious Zippered Estate

“I’m a libertarian and I used to rent this property. However, once my landlord exercised his right to evict me for no real reason, did I go and cry to a housing board? No! I took it like a Real Man and exercised my free will to exit my home and become homeless for 135 seconds. I exited the tent, picked it up, and personally MANHANDLED my own home three feet to the right (for political reasons, as opposed to moving it to the Left, for communism is bad). This was the most beautiful moment of mine life—the market forces at work, my landlord losing my capital, and all while averting a regulatory dispute. Free will is real, as proven by myself getting diarrhea later that day after eating an old burger out of a bin outside McDonald’s.”

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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

Behind the politics of big talk and little action lies the simple fact that most of the big men who run this show want little government.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1955-10-29), “The Crisis in Agriculture,” Democratic Rally, Duluth, Minnesota

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Stevenson, Adlai - Speech (1955-10-29), "The Crisis in Agriculture," Democratic Rally, Duluth, Minnesota | WIST Quotations

Behind the politics of big talk and little action lies the simple fact that most of the big men who run this show want little government.

WIST Quotations

Quote from a book:

"...[I]f you cut [man's laws] down, d'you really think that you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?"

~~from Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt

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