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"And I think the ethics-free engineering-and-business-focused open-source movement is important."

There is potentially a common thread in Morozov's discussions that would rally against this sort of statement. Arguably the article is just such an assault.

The notion that technology can be unbound from ethics is a very libertarian one.

At risk of incorrectly paraphrasing Morozov, I would think he is taking issue with a hijacking of language with neutered terminology. Worse, the neutered and euphemistic phrasing, while more palatable, is forwarding another ideology.

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