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

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wow. Im pretty centerist on capitalism and I have been using linux since about 2000 or so.

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[–] Imnebuddy@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

For me, it was around 2015ish when I first installed Linux after learning about it from someone that was detasselling in a corn field with me. Then around 2017-2020ish, I eventually became radicalized (2017 is when net neutrality was killed, even though around 80% of Americans supported it, which made me question our government and economy).

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[–] wtry@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

I think we may be the same person.

[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Use the right tool for the job, I say.

I made a decent chunk of change with capitalism. I have a modest house and am well positioned for a middle-class retirement.

Now I work for the government in a field for which I find the capitalist options wanting.

I give away my programming guides for free online with no ads, but sell paper copies of the books for profit.

Could I make more money by charging for the online versions? Sure. But some things are worth more than money.

The quest for money doesn't ruin everything, but it sure ruins a lot of things.

Bell Labs of yore would be my dream company to work for.

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[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

Yes, I agree, I am at stage 3 and stage 4 looks more enticing every single damn day.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

So many kiddos arguing ridiculous politics here.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

In my view Torvalds is more of a pragmatic stoicist.

[–] Kjatten@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Just began using Linux, was already Marxist

[–] anarchotaoist@links.hackliberty.org 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
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[–] mwguy@infosec.pub 12 points 2 years ago (27 children)

Ironic as I went the other way. I was a Communist when I got into FOSS and as I got older I realized I could never defend the historical record of Communism.

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[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Just wait for the next stage as a libertarian socialist, without a leading communist party, because we can take care of us ourselves - it's usually called anarchy (which doesn't mean no social norms, just self-organisation without leadership)

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago (20 children)

I honestly don't even know what a Marxist is.

[–] Vinegar@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

Karl Marx was a philosopher and economist. He wanted to understand class relations and social conflict, so he developed theories to explain why things are the way they are. A Marxist uses Marx's theories to understand why the world is the way it is.

Marx had a lot of theories, such as historical materialism - that all history was primarily motivated by socio-economic forces, not supernatural forces or grand conspiracy. Marx wrote that the dominate socio-economic system running the world in his time was capitalism/imperialism which fueled capital accumulation through exploitation and alienation, and used technology to further this process with imperialist wars for resources etc... He also focused on class struggle between those with the most resources, and those with the fewest resources - the bourgeoisie (capitalists) vs. the proletariat (workers/peasants).

Marx went further than trying to explain why the world is the way it is, he also theorized on how humanity could replace the dominate socio-economic system, and what a non-exploitative non-alienating socio-economic system might look like. "Marxist" refers to anyone who believes Marx's theories are valid and uses them to understand the way things are.

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