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> Linus can believe what he likes but the evidence contradicts him.

The evidence shows that his way works to lead the people working at Linux.

Only in a tautological sense. His way works to lead the people working on Linux because only the people who can deal with his way will work on Linux.

Whether Linux would be more successful with a more benevolent dictator remains to be seen.

That's not a tautology. There's a non-circular flow to the reasoning.

The Dead Sea Effect is all about non-circular flows.