No.1364
do you think your preferences in software affects your preferences for politics?
No.1376
Voluntaryist-capitalist (from a utilitarian consequentialist perspective not a moral one, I think the "NAP" is stupid as fuck)
That being said, I'm obviously anti-"intellectual property", including GNU.
As for software preferences:
My main OS when not gaming is FreeBSD and I only install open source software, I couldn't give a single fuck about the license, as long as I have the source code archived onto my hard drive and have the ability to compile it, legally or not.
No.1460
I believe in liberty
No.1461
No but I think one's choice of political party and operating system have similar philosophical roots.
No.1701
>What's the political preference of g?
A weird and self-contradictory mix of libertarianism and social democracy.
>do you think your preferences in software affects your preferences for politics?
It's the other way around.
No.1728
Stinky liberal
No.1752
Leftish-libertarian. I like FOSS but I don't think it's necessarily that important.
No.1758
>>1364No.
I sympathize with NatSoc on most issues, but I believe in things like faggotry not being punished, but that it should be forbidden to celebrate it.
No.1761
>>1364Libertarian. Minarchist to be more precise.
No.1774
>>1364Free-market Liberatarian
No.1796
anarcho-communist
No.1797
>>1796also, i use freebsd.
btw, i must say that this place is lot less "freetarded" than 4chan's /g/.
it's a lot more tolerable
No.1824
Nazi freetard, as strange it sounds. RMS is truly our greatest ally.
No.1828
>What's the political preference of g?
In general I identify myself as an Anarcho-Communist (see Mühsam and Kropotkin). But recently, I am getting more and more apolitical. If technology and science continues to advance, politics may become irrelevant sometime.
I prefer free software, but I'm not hardcore like rms. I use proprietary drivers (e.g. fglrx) and other software on newer hardware. The only proprietary app on my phone is WhatsApp because of socialization, but I will delete it soon.
>do you think your preferences in software affects your preferences for politics?
No, my preferences in politics affect my preferences for software. I value freedom above all.
No.1844
>>1364I'm a fascist and I love OSX.
So, yeah I guess it does.
No.1877
>>1364I'm pretty libertarian. Civil liberties are my big problem with most governments, I'm willing to compromise on economic stuff--paying some taxes is okay with me as long as they're putting it to good and efficient use (which they rarely are).
I want to see the government own more business, but not take over business--don't know what you call that exactly. I think the government should stand in direct competition with the private market in most industries. Not communism at all, because individuals are still able to run whatever the fuck business they want. The government just sets a bar of fair prices and stuff--that way, any private business has to do better or everyone will just choose the government instead.
I like the libertarian motto of "gays, guns, and ganja". They should all be less regulated.
As for my software, I run Arch linux with Enlightenment. Minimum bloat, efficient but good looking DE, and configuration up the ass.
No.2004
>>1844Literally worst than Hitler.
No.2006
>>1364who cares
g2/pol/ or one of the other political boards
No.2008
Natsoc, and I use whatever gets the job done. Most people that are technically proficient are painfully politically inept, and I think politics and technology shouldn't mix. Ideologically-driven software, and vice-versa, is going to suck. Einstein was a political retard and most of the good programmers I know believe whatever Jon Stewart tells them on the idiot box.
No.2037
>>1364Paleoconservative
tl;dr: libertarian who wants protectionist economic policies and restricted immigration.
No.2142
Anarchosyndicalist here. And fuck, all those Nazis here... Sickening.
No.2143
>>2142
Oh, and I'm a free software enthusiast. We need to set the users free.
No.2154
>>2142
Oy vey it's annuda shoah
No.2159
I'm an interventionist libertarian and I like open-source. I prefer Windows to iOS.
What software can download images from websites for me? My internet connection isn't good and larger pics from 8ch get corrupted because of it. Is there some little program that I can throw an image url into and it downloads it carefully, despite interruptions to the connection?
No.2160
>>1877
>The government just sets a bar of fair prices and stuff--that way, any private business has to do better or everyone will just choose the government instead.
That means there will be no companies that provide a service slightly better than the state's, because the cost will jump from zero to huge for only a small increase in quality.
This will for example mean healthcare that's done by the state will be substantially worse. If you're poor, your healthcare is never going to be private and there will be a major divide in society. Essentially state-enforced classism.
It also gives people an unfair choice: if they opt to pay for a service privately, they're paying for it twice, because they're subsidising those who didn't make that choice. If they opt not to, then they're choosing to be subsidised.
You also have no criteria for what services/products the state should provide or how high the bar should be. Does every person get a free car if they don't want to buy their own? Is the bar in food a loaf of bread a day or enough to leave you stuffed morning, noon and night?
Anyway, that's not libertarianism. That's social democracy. e.g. socially liberal (ostensibly; there's usually partisan exceptions) and economically statist.
No.2184
>>2160
Do like Switzerland healthcare: you must be subscribed to some healthcare service, but the choice of which is yours. The government is then free to run its own service like a business instead of backed by tax dollars.
No.2190
>>2184
a) at that point, why even have a government health insurance provider?
b) it will be backed by tax dollars the moment it's in the red.
c) so pick any one you like, but you're a criminal if you want none of the above.
No.2458
>>2142
stay mad, antifa :^)
No.2485
Anarcho-commie, used Debian for 4 or 5 years, changed back to windows because of gaymes and visual studio. publishing my software. I dont think there is an influence or something
>>1796
>>2142
My brothers!
No.2486
Social democrat here, I use Windows 7 and Xubuntu with a preference for free and open source software, but I do use some paid for and closed source programs on W7.
No.2502
standard, run of the mill murican liberal
No.2506
No.2610
marxist-leninist
i use freebsd
No.2669
>>2527
>Flores Magon
Literally the
>DUDE LETS SMASH THE STATE BY SHITPOSTING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT LMAO
No.2689
>>1364
Yes.. linuxfags are retarded cultural Marxists
No.2697
>>2689
thank you?
labels, parties, and religion are distraction techniques
for the record im a fucking snowflake, i use chromeos
No.2714
>>1364
Reactionary anti-communist.
I run debian.
No.2715
>>1796
Read the Gulag Archipelago.
No.2716
No.2720
>>1364
I don't adhere to a certain set of political ideas, much less to a political side or party but I think it's fair to say that the software I use and how I use it do reflect my outlook on life and politics.
When software plays a significant role in your life I don't see how it could be different.
No.2741
I'm a theocratist, I use open source software as much as I can, I use OSX most of the time because it's both Unix based and has lots of programs though I want to move to Void, Arch or Ubuntu when I can.
No.2742
No.2746
No, they just have common causes.
No.2779
>>2037
I align with this myself. Don't care much about
proprietary vs. free software.
Don't think there is really a correlation.
No.2780
No.2781
No.2787
>>1364
hardware is freedom restricting, so software choice doesn't fix this. I prefer a command line interface with an open source that I can complite and modify.
I also prefer a loyal female who isn't a selfish cunt.
No.2788
>>1364
I believe in being a member of a shadow society above all rule of law, that is secretive. But we create the illusion of a law and order society to keep the plebs working those jobs we don't want to do.
No.2790
No.2812
>>2788
So technically an Illuminati?
>>OP
I'm a traditionalist, a monarchist, with some natsoc ideas too.
I support the free software foundation though, even though it's jewish
No.2824
>>2788
I think you are a crypto anarchist if you would happen to be using onion sites and crypto currency
No.2827
Natsoc. FLOSS.
Learning about the ways of the Chosen Ones made me understand why Poettering does his thing, and the mentality of proprietary software developers.
No.2844
Marxist-Leninist.
All my servers run Linux. My laptop runs OS X. One of my workstations run Windows the other Linux.
And no, I don't think my preference in software affect my political preference.
I see a lot of people bound for the gulag after FULLCOMMUNISM sweaps the planet.
No.2849
I'm an authoritarian democratist.
I distro hop often, but I usually stick to Arch or an Arch fork depending on my mood.
No.2958
I'm generally a freetard, currently saving up for a libreboot thinkpad. But I don't go stallman-level because I'll still use YouTube, Amazon, debit cards, non-free tv software (virgin media), and non-free javascript (though I disable it by default through noscript).
In politics I suppose I'd be closest to a paleo-con, but I'm a special snowflake so I don't think any ideology fits me fully.
I am libertarian when it comes to freedom of speech and online surveillance/censorship, and I'm mostly in favour of free markets, but I also have some strong nationalistic and conservative/traditionalist opinions, and in some cases I'll restrict freedom to that end (e.g freedom of movement, education).
No.2966
Paleocon and I use arch. I want mostly unregulated trade except for protecting the consumer.(net neutrality, healthy food, etc...)
I think politics may affect software usage because a lot of people who posted are edgy extremists(Commies or Nazis).
No.3569
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marxist with some anarchist ideas
No.3590
IRAN
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT4XA18cj3I
shit is out of dune
paying taxes to the drug cartel
praying to the magick sandworm
No.3603
>title
The Pirate Party and Green Party both suit me well. YAR HAR HARRRR
>text
If you value freedom IRL you probably value freedom when it comes to software etc., but I wouldn't say that using Windows makes you a dirty capitalist or that using Mac OS makes you a gay rights activist.
No.3604
>>3603
>Green Party
Hmm, scratch that. Wikipedia says it's just hippie SJWs, so maybe I was thinking of something else? Shiver me timbers!
No.3605
>>3604
>Wikipedia says it's just hippie SJWs
so are so called "Pirate Parties"
No.3612
No.3621
Ancap since the neo-liberal SJW bullshit governments have gone full faggotry. I was promised cyberpunk when I was born, not this BNW/1984 shit, ancap is the only way to get it now.
No.3627
>>3605
Yarr, no idea what to call meself then.
No.4084
I'm a paleocon and use Fedora. I'd say most Linux users are social liberals with an anti-authoritarian streak, with a minority of Libertarians (both left and right).
No.4292
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