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The way the current system is set up we rely on work to make money. If jobs get automated away, how will we make money then? We aren't ready for a post-work world.

No one individual can bear the burden of trying to address all social issues. I think it's good to live according to one's political and moral beliefs, but ultimately there is a point to where this is reasonable to expect of someone.

That is to say that I think one can criticize the tech industry and its e-waste production, while also using a modern smartphone, for example.

That is a rather biased interpretation of events.

The controversy started with questionable sponsorship decisions for NixCon, which brought the entire project leadership under scrutiny as it wasn't the first time this had happened.

This, along with some more long-term issues contributed to the creation of an open letter[^1] criticizing the BDFL of Nix. How valid you consider the criticisms is not for me to decide, but I don't think dismissively reducing the issue to a "woke takeover" is helpful.

[1] https://save-nix-together.org/

I'd recommend taking a look at Guix as a kind of alternative implementation of the idea of Nix. It has its own usability issues, especially surrounding nonfree software and a much smaller community, but it addresses some of the issues you comment on.