Every so often I give a few bucks(far less than the worth of knowledge I got from it)

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I used to do a regular donation ($5 a month or something) but then I found out Jimmy Wales (who was a figurehead of the site at that point) was a weird Ayn Rand libertarian and stopped.

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        1 year ago

        Even if 99 percent of Ayn Rand followers are fuckheads, Jimmy Wales’s actions separate him of them.

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      Unless he’s personally being enriched (as opposed to making a living), that wouldn’t bother me. I have never felt the need to check. I donate because it’s useful to me.

      I didn’t buy a Tesla because that fucker is enriched af and I hate him and I can get other cars that serve me just as well. There’s no (real) replacement or substitute for Wikipedia.