In my view, all software is political in one way or another. Also, when software makes an attempt to be “politically neutral”, in doing so it is making a political point.
So let’s pick the Linus questionable part regarding the not a Social Warrior place, and I feel that it is time to either think about it or talk about it.
All feedback is welcomed.
In the comments: Enlightened centrists acting like you can stand still on a moving train.
You can stand still on a moving train just as much as you can stand still on a moving Earth. I don’t understand þe metaphor; does it mean it’s impossible to stand still? Politically?
There are key distinctions between the movement of the earth and a train, one of which is that humans are in control of the speed, timing, and direction of trains. All those aspects are influenced by politics, unlike the rotation of the earth. But you get the jist, it is impossible for a human to stand still in a political sense.
Maybe it’s just impossible for a human to stand still, full stop. You can’t stop aging… like Regina Spektor sang, “and everyone must breath, until their dying breath.”
Or maybe fixating on one literal aspect instead of the context is missing the forrest for the trees.