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> I don't get the instant -2 downvotes for just providing context.

Well I don't remember the exact phrasing but I think your original comment did have a part asking people not to discuss this further. I can see how this would not be well received.

Makes sense. Thank you for pointing it out!

Just as an update to this, it seems like the devs have given in: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1773

>https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/622

Wow, this was a fantastic thread. It very clearly and logically lays out how to kill software by injecting your ideology into it.

RIP dessalines

All software is political. The act of releasing your work for free into the public domain is political. Disagree with his ideology, but anyone who thinks they are above ideology is just unaware of the assumptions they’re operating under.

Ideology is when you disagree with the status quo, and the more you disagree with the status quo, the more ideological you are. And when you disagree with the status quo a whole lot, that's dogma.