Summary: Belgium's long history of 'neutrality' became a cynical ploy or joke, just like in Sweden or Switzerland; inaction when something illegal is being done isn't good enough
The crowd/audience Linus Torvalds panders to is paid by GAFAM to go attend and dominate (speak at) LF events. They're people whose employer forces them to use slop, it's inorganic.
"Before the announcement, former Microsoft employees publicly described staff being placed on performance improvement plans or offered “voluntary” exits."
![Jérôme Debrulle: I 'acknowledged that [illegal] rules were needed, but would need to abstain for the reasons given.'](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/jerome-quote.png)
