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RHEL and SuSE are most definitely NOT liberal.

If anything, RHEL and SuSE should be classified under capitalism as well. Let's not forget that RHEL and SuSE are *not* free, nor Open. They are controlled by profit-seeking companies, and are no different from OSX in that respect.

Anarchy does not apply to any operating system. Every operating system relies on a master authority. Maybe LFS gives you the absolute freedom, but Gentoo is definitely not free from a super authority that controls what you can and can't do. Gentoo have a very bad history of controlling what users will or will not install on their machines (such as, XMMS being completely blocked from existence because it wasn't maintained anymore... stupid reason, there was no security risk).

OSX is hardly a dictatorship. The OS itself is very free, as you can install nearly everything, it comes with Python out of the box, a terminal, and full set of admin tools. Ports provides you will the source of all GNU apps, in the same way that Gentoo does (compile your own), and it is highly promoted by Apple. OSX is not iPhoneOS.