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He also seems to be throwing in unrelated concerns and just glossing over the details that bring their relevance into question - consider this paragraph
You're not going to be able to identify whether a developer might do a deal that compromises a library you use based on their political stance - it's an entirely unrelated threat vector to his core thesis (and even his own related blog post recognises this, discussing how developers of browser extensions are sometimes tricked into including malicious code - something that is even less related to their political beliefs than their willingness to take a bribe or payout.