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FLOSS is essential to a functioning democracy. Nonprofit media is essential to a functioning democracy. Academic research is essential to a functioning democracy. Unions are essential to a functioning democracy.

All of these are harder to fund than the oligarchic counterparts: proprietary software, for-profit media, billionaire-owned think tanks, etc. These institutions will take a hit over the next 4 years (hopefully not longer), but we will have to rally to save them.

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