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foobarthrowaway

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    Comment #27313731

    > It's quite interesting that he has asserted copyright over his restorations of the original content. Derivative work is a foundation of open source software https://en.wikipedia.…

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    Comment #27082211

    The hateful delusional lunatics who write this kind of drivel are far more dangerous.

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    Comment #27059467

    The real problem with direct democracy is that votes can be bought by "news" corporations, advertising, lying, and targeting special interests. So you end up under the rule of the …

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    Comment #27050807

    He's talking about what communism turns out to be, not what it wishes to be.

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    Comment #27050713

    Yes good point, their "prestigious" space programme is still many decades behind what other nations have already done. And now even private companies have eclipsed their rocket pro…

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    Comment #27049509

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    Comment #27045599

    So you're saying that delegating the suppression of people's fundamental rights to corporations is a hallmark of a fascist state, even if those rights are technically not protected…

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    Comment #27036196

    Yes let's stay here away from all the loathsome philistines who aren't intelligent enough to appreciate the enlightened culture here. How dare they make fun of us.

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    Comment #27034831

    I... I just don't understand, all these global corporations assured me repeatedly that they believed BLM and equality and hated the nazis. I thought we were going to team up in our…

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    Comment #27034438

    He who fights with fascists should look to it that he himself does not become a fascist... Oh wait they've always been corporate fascists.

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    Comment #27034428

    Wonder what the "but they're private companies" crowd's take on this one will be.

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    Comment #27034192

    Maybe, but don't kid yourself that you (or, the average HN'er) are the working blue collar everyman or share much of their politics. A lot of you would brand a lot of them "nazis" …