• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Cool, so you’re a self-proprietor, and still think you can magic the system into a bunch of self-proprietorships. Simply “understanding how money works” isn’t all you need to succeed, otherwise the system would work for the vast majority rather than the vast minority.

    You clearly have no actual idea what Socialism is if you think it’s just welfare, it’s worker ownership of the Means of Production. Directing production towards fulfilling needs and uses, rather than the profits and wealth hoarding of the few.

    You do realize Lemmy was made by Communists along Communist principles, right?

    • Frank Ring@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I came to Lemmy because I like the free and open source aspect of it from a software perspective.

      Now, FOSS and communism do share common ideologies about collaboration, community, accessibility, etc. But they are fundamentally different.

      I hope you realize that ‘business’ and ‘making money’ usually mean exchange of services. You buy something because you need it. You sell/work something because someone needs it.

      Generally speaking, from a capitalist perspective, the more money you have, the more useful you are to society. It means that what you have to sell/give/work is more valuable and people need it.

      Socialism isn’t all bad, but generally wants to redistribute resources to people that might not necessarily deserve it. And I think perfect equality is a hoax.