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802 points csmantle | 2 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jurgenaut23 ◴[13 Jul 25 09:41 UTC] No.44548891[source]▶
I think it’s fascinating how languages shape our society. In this case, the ambiguity between free as in “at no cost” and free as in “freedom” is probably hurting the FOSS landscape. In French, there are two very distinct terms for this: “gratuit” vs “libre”. And it doesn’t sound as an oxymoron to pay for a “logiciel libre”.
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triska ◴[13 Jul 25 09:59 UTC] No.44548988[source]▶
On the other hand, how come that the desired connotation is not the immediately prevailing one in the land of the free which is not the land of no cost.
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awestroke ◴[13 Jul 25 10:05 UTC] No.44549020[source]▶
Nobody thinks of it as "land of the free" nowadays
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awstruck ◴[13 Jul 25 10:13 UTC] No.44549073[source]▶
> Nobody thinks of it as "land of the free" nowadays

I feel like it is, but it’s not headed that way, though neither is the world:

https://github.com/t3dotgg/SnitchBench/blob/main/snitching-a...

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1. latexr ◴[13 Jul 25 11:16 UTC] No.44549443[source]▶
> though neither is the world

That doesn’t excuse or justify it. And the reason the world is headed that way is in large part because of the US doing it. Clearly it was a mistake to trust one country to do the right thing. When they proclaimed themselves “leaders of the free world”, the rest of the free world should’ve raised an objection. Worse still, the US is so high on their own supply they believe they’re the best at everything, despite ample evidence to the contrary, which breeds stupidity and arrogance in a vicious cycle. And like every other junk produced in the US, they’re exporting that attitude too.

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2. GLdRH ◴[13 Jul 25 11:45 UTC] No.44549609[source]▶
That has been true for a long time, even when liberals were happier with american policy.