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The Stallman Paradox: How Web3 Became the Ultimate Open Source Theater
ve you ever wondered why we celebrate Richard Stallman as a visionary prophet of digital freedom while simultaneously abandoning every principle he fought for? The contradiction runs deeper than you think—and the evidence suggests Web3 has become the most sophisticated extraction machine ever wrapped in open source aesthetics. This is the Stallman Paradox: the growing chasm between our intellectual reverence for genuine free software principles and our practical convergence on venture capital-optimized extraction models that merely cosplay as "open source." And here's what makes it terrifying: It's not a bug.
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