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I had a journey (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by imAadesh@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] thebrownhaze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

On Lemmy? Shock

[–] foreverandaday@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

relatable

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

In my view Torvalds is more of a pragmatic stoicist.

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Am I doing it wrong because I've use Ubuntu (12 years) and Kali Linux (8 years) and... I'm still not a marxist?

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I encourage you to go over to c/askchapo on hexbear.net if you are curious.

[–] Spaceinv8er@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The people who tried to explain it to you, cant even it explain it themselves lol

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm more confused than I was before.

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[–] mwguy@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (24 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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[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 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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