Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)

  • anarchotaoist@links.hackliberty.org
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    1 year ago

    What? How the f do you transition from ‘not only’ to ‘isn’t necessary’? That is not logic - that is mental gymnastics with a triple back flip! Profit is the PRIMARY motivator! People wish to move away from discomfort more than anything else. Currency is the best way of alleviating discomfort!

    • yogo@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago
      1. If X is a necessary motive for Y, then in the absence of X, Y cannot happen.
      2. Innovation can happen in the absence of a profit motive.
      3. Therefore, the profit motive is not necessary for innovation.
      • anarchotaoist@links.hackliberty.org
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        1 year ago

        People can grow food in the absence of technology - but subsistence living is a hell of time!

        nb. Marxists still have no answer for the calculation problem.