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

  • anarchotaoist
    2·
    9 months ago

    What? How the f do you transition from ‘not only’ to ‘isn’t necessary’? That is not logic - that is mental gymnastics with a triple back flip! Profit is the PRIMARY motivator! People wish to move away from discomfort more than anything else. Currency is the best way of alleviating discomfort!

    • yogo@lemm.ee
      2·
      9 months ago
      1. If X is a necessary motive for Y, then in the absence of X, Y cannot happen.
      2. Innovation can happen in the absence of a profit motive.
      3. Therefore, the profit motive is not necessary for innovation.
      • anarchotaoist
        2·
        9 months ago

        People can grow food in the absence of technology - but subsistence living is a hell of time!

        nb. Marxists still have no answer for the calculation problem.

        • yogo@lemm.ee
          1·
          9 months ago

          So I guess you agree that the profit motive isn’t necessary, because you moved to a completely unrelated point