Jimmy Wales
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Because it gives us intellectual independence.
The community has intellectual independence.
Nobody can lean on us and go, oh, right.
Well, this article, you know, like I'm your biggest donor and this article, I don't care for it.
Then if we were financially under the thumb, that would be bad.
You know, sometimes people say, ah.
You know, like, why don't you get, you know, Google and Facebook and why don't those guys pay for it?
What could go wrong?
Yeah.
I'm like, yeah.
I'm like, they should donate more.
Sure.
But I don't think we nobody wants that because just think that through.
Like, that might not be great.
And it's not because I'm anti it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm sure there are multiple authoritarians who would be happy to open the checkbook for us.
Mostly not?
Tell me more.
We got this really weird letter from the D.C.