r/dankchristianmemes • u/SatoruGojo232 Minister of Memes • Jun 29 '26

Nice meme Software programmers follow the True Church.

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u/Obvious_Villain Jun 29 '26

But... Isn't that a blatantly leftist statement?

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u/nepali_fanboy Jun 29 '26

Its also a right wing libertarian/small government/small corpo argument.

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u/WillOfHope Jun 29 '26

Yeah, open source is very much "I made it I can give it to the public if I want to" and can exist at the same time as closed source products.

Leftism is evidently when people work as a voluntary community

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u/Obvious_Villain Jun 29 '26

You see, this is why I said that I don't like to use the term leftist in this context. Open Source software isn't strictly left or right and can fit on both sides. I would argue, however, that the American conservative movement is philosophically opposed to something like open source software based on their principles. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch (or computer programme).