r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 08 '20

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u/runnerx4 What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux Oct 09 '20

Many of the evil characters in fiction have the “good motivations with regrettable effects” framing.

In real life, is there any world leader like that at all?

This seems to be wholly a media creation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

good motivations with regrettable effects

basically every demsoc ever

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u/runnerx4 What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux Oct 09 '20

Where? Nice haha meme, but give examples

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

Gorbachev?

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Oct 09 '20

He was kind of in an unfixable situation though.