RE: https://mastodon.social/@johnpaulflintoff/116329763162608555

cannot say this enough:

LULA & BRASIL CALLED OUT MICROSOFT AS A THREAT TO THEIR SOVEREIGNTY IN 2005

this one is for the brasileros que me lirem:

talk whatever shit you want about Lula, but he saw how USA was using Silicon Valley to create a new colonialist class.

the Brasilian govt was calling Microsoft the crack cocaine of the digital era. and what did Lula & his government do? SUPPORT #LINUX.

Brasil couldn’t be the anchor of BRICS and MERCOSUR without #tech #soverignty

y’all did that.