Shares of the vote in general elections since 1832 received by Conservatives[note 1] (blue), Liberals/Liberal Democrats[note 2] (orange), Labour (red) and others (grey)[1][2][3]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections

The Conservatives forming from a split in the Liberal party doesn’t mean they’re the same thing.

Labour and Liberal Democrats are two very different parties. Or at least they used to be, until New Labour became a thing…

Our politics are bad, FPTP is bad, but we’re not a 2 party system entirely. The Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, and Reform all manage to have a say in politics and how things are done. They all influence Labour and the Conservatives.

Your brain really is in the bin…

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah

https://youtu.be/LQUXuQ6Zd9w

I think you’re forgetting the power of consumers. At work you might not be able to replace Photoshop or Microsoft but at home you certainly can. The more people that become familiar with alternative software the more likely professional environments are to adopt it.

Why would a company want to pay Adobe or Microsoft if their employees are more adept with free alternatives? Especially if those alternatives gain feature parity with the paid services while the paid services lock parts behind paywalls and subscriptions.

Don’t let perfect get in the way of good!