• TAYRN@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I don’t disagree with any single point that you’ve made. I agree with most of them.

    But you mentioned linux. Tell me again, Linus Torvald, was he employed under a capitalist country when he created linux? How about most of its contributors?

    Your point is easily defeated. Please make a better argument.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      You can’t genuinely believe that that’s an argument for why mine has been “defeated”?

      It took my two seconds to verify that Linus Torvald did his work with Linux on his own time and at university, not in the pursuit of capital. Since his childhood he has simply found joy in computers and does these things because he genuinely wants to. He worked at Transmeta for six years afterwards and then left to go work for one of the non-profits that eventually became the non-profit Linux Foundation. His whole fucking shtick is that the software should be open-source.

      He’s also from Finland, a country well know to prioritize its citizens’ well-being. That care allows citizens to pursue their goals with a level of safety that capitalism cannot offer.

      You’re either a weird, pathetic troll and/or unfathomably stupid. Either way this conversation isn’t going to get us anywhere.