You are thinking of software as if it exists in a vacuum. Software that is libre is a political statement. Software that is proprietary is also a political statement. Lemmy choosing to be decentralized/federated/interoperable is also a conscious political decision just as Apple chose to create its own proprietary ecosystem instead of caring about interoperability.
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Someone on Hacker News suggested the name "Gnux" instead of "GNU/Linux".
Not a lemmy community, but have you checked lib.reviews?
This is the oldest Lemmy post I could find :)
That's true. It's the human element that creates the political attribute.