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@@ -534,10 +534,7 @@ happen with GNU membership. There is *another* freedom that exists, namely the
 freedom to say no. I reclaimed this freedom, by removing Libreboot from GNU.
 
 I realised that if Libreboot stayed in GNU for too long, then I would start to
-lose control over the project as it became more associated. It's like when a
-country joins the EU, because it is initially seduced by promises of economic
-prosperity, only to later realise that large swathes of domestic and foreign
-policy are now under the control of foreign governments. I had been deciding
+lose control over the project as it became more associated. I had been deciding
 already, early into Libreboot's membership, whether to reverse the decision
 and take Libreboot out of GNU, thereby making it an independent project again.
 You could try to assert control by doing good work, but eventually everything