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Always cracks me up to see people who champion open source alternatives hate on communism.
There's an argument to make that digital data is by default a post-scarcity sort of thing and that in a post-scarcity environment communism is the only reasonable system. But we don't operate in a post scarcity environment for physical goods and services, and there's really not anything we can point to historically that suggests a communist takeover doesn't do terrible things to availability, quality and variety of food available.
They are not related
You can tell yourself that but communism is very different from libre software
I agree that there are differences, but I feel there are more similarities. Especially with anarchocommunist or collectivist theory.
You shouldn't feel that way, because communism has absolutely nothing to do with open source software.
Communism is a political ideology.
Open source software is a licensing technique for creators and developers. Mostly so that no one has to worry about getting sued if they want to implement or modify said software. You think a communist government would even allow the use of open source software over government issued/approved software?
You personally cant draw comparisons between two separate systems? Seems like a limit of imagination.
You shouldnt presume to know better than others, especially when you dont appear to understand anything about the ideology outside of your bias.
This isn't about "drawing comparisons" this is about how you don't understand why someone would champion open source software and hate on communism...because of course people hate on fucking communism, you dope.
It's proven time and time again that communist governments bring suffering to their people. Like, some fucked up shit. Like starvation, inequality, and lack of basic human rights.
Whereas open source software can be educational, build cost effective solutions for people and businesses, and empower people's lives.
You see the difference?
I see another propagandized ego driven fool who speaks louder and with more venom the less substance he has.
History isn't propaganda
"History is written by the victors".
Notable Communist Governments and Their Human Rights Records:
Soviet Union (1922 - 1991)
China (1949 - Present)
Cuba (1959 - Present)
North Korea (1948 - Present)
Vietnam (1976 - Present)
Laos (1975 - Present)
References: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-rights-index-vdem
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/global
https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/world/the-25-most-influential-communist-figures-of-all-time/
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-seven-most-influential-communist-leaders-ever.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/communist-countries-overview-1435178
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/communism/
https://www.history.com/news/communist-leaders-photos
http://v-dem.net/vdemds.html
https://doi.org/10.23696/mcwt-fr58
How?