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I mean… It’s one of the reasons I like it so much here.
…and Linux.
And posts about how everything related to Apple is bad and that all AI is really just auto correct.
I just hate how it is vilified when we literally freely give billions in taxpayer monies to oil companies.
I love that Lemmy thinks neoliberalism is “socialism”
It hasn’t really been my experience here. Yeah there is some.
Have you tried being less aimless at what you subscribe here? Do you come here because you want to connect with information, or just mindlessly doom scroll and consume?
If you’re not intentional about your social media tools, you will have a bad time.
Memers of the world unite!
I dislike most forms of socialism but I like most socialists. So in that way this place is not bad.
you know I do wonder if, out there, all those right-wing instances that we’re de-federated with are sharing this same meme but in reverse…
True, gets a bit tiring when you come to relax with some memes and people are preaching about politics.
You don’t need to sell it to me, I already love it.
If it was regular ol’ socialism around here, that’s one thing, but quite a bit of lemmy is straight Marxism. Don’t let them blur the lines, please.
Yay socialism!
Boo Marxism!
Though half of it is complaining about capitalism.
Half socialism, half complaining about capitalism, half linux, and half startrek memes.
Although, now that I think about it, the linux and startrek halves are often just a part of the socialism half.
So, I guess the original point stands. Socialism all the way down.
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at the end of the day, it’s all complaining and no action. i get so tired of hearing children whine and doing nothing about anything.
The Socialist instances regularly advocate that Leftists join an org like PSL or FRSO.
that seems about as useless as bitching online about it.
the system grinds down opposition. change from within is near impossible.
It isn’t from within, those are revolutionary orgs.
You’re right they shouldn’t even try and they should also feel bad for not trying. Let’s all be sad defeatists… Lol jk no thanks dude
they should try, but those orgs are not trying. those orgs are pacifying.
Are you advocating for random terrorism? That’s adventurism, which sets revolutionary movements back.
ok. keep donating then. get back to me in 10 years.
And linux!
I mean, Linux (and the entire ecosystem) is a fundamentally socialist concept.
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I would say GNU is one that’s openly socialist. If Linux’s (or rather, Linus Torvald’s) philosophy is socialist, they either do a very good job of hiding the fact or there is a lot I don’t know about them.
Unpopular opinion: “Open Source”, spawned from Netscape spinning off Mozilla, laid out in definition by the OSI organization, and advocated for by AnCaps like Eric S. Raymond, was always fundamentally capitalist. Devs spending a lot of free time doing free work for companies was not an accident. Capitalists borrowing ideas from the left and twisting them for their own uses is not new, either.
Free Software is more rooted in communism. You’re doing this to help your community. RMS might have always denied it–probably because it wasn’t a good idea to advocate that way during the Cold War and after–but it’s a better philosophical fit.
It’s past time to divorce the two.
There are discussions about open vs. free going back over 20 years, that I know of. The divorce happened long ago, but they’re still neighbors.
Those discussions largely resulted in “FOSS”, and a basic peace treaty. The two tended to use the same techniques and licenses in practice, and nobody really wanted to have that fight.
That doesn’t make him a socialist. He doesn’t espouse any of the core socialist beliefs there. He’s just saying he’s a “woke communist” (as described by the right), which could mean anything from a centre-left liberal to a Marxist.
I’d never seen that, thanks for sharing it!
Wasn’t Torvalds’ dad member of communist party?
Maybe so, but children don’t always adopt the ideology of their parents. They usually do, but not always.
Yes, and was a member of the EU parliament until recently. Both his parents were pretty radical. Linus tends to keep his politics private for the most part.
And my axe!
And my sword!
My partner has been insinuating that I’m a communist recently. I don’t think I’m a communist, I simply want to seize the means of production for the people.
It’s part of the plan. To get people to accept a perspective before learning from where one has to stand to have such a perspective.
Something that can’t be denied is that there are bad actors in America who actively want the downfall of America. These groups look to the future and determine what will harm America in critical aspects. These groups (sometimes actively funded by other nations) arent actively seeking uprising or revolt this year, or next year, but maybe by the end of the decade, or maybe the next decade.
These malevolent forces at work arent readily apparent. One of these goals is division. “Divide and conquer.” I don’t believe it’s completely by accident that politics are so divisive right now.
I’m not that old, but I remember a time when people wouldn’t generalize and stereotype each other based on political leanings.
We again need to prioritize love for each other over political standings.
Doesn’t that make you a communist?
You sound just like my partner.
Don’t forget to seize the means of computation to stop enshittification.
