My thoughts exactly. I don't think anyone would like to sacrifice convenience for freedom the way Stallman does, but to me he is the maximum of the "How free can we be" scale. I believe he reminds everyone (especially open source developers) that there is always room for more freedom in the sofware we create and use, in the behaviors we engage in, and in the data we release. He remains in the software crowd's mentality reminding us that there is always room for more freedom for the user.

In short he's not the Leader we want to follow, he's the Explorer telling us of the harshful yet free landscapes he lives in. We may not want to go and live where he is, but there are things we can apply back in our world.