• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Making it FOSS wouldn’t solve the problem, because FOSS tools can still be used by capitalists to displace workers and erode worker bargaining power.

    This is true of pretty much EVERY tool, but never has a tool had the potential to negatively impact so many in such a diversity of roles.

    So again, the problem isn’t closed source, the problem is capitalism. If you fixed the problems of capitalism, then all software tools would naturally be FOSS, but that’s a product of fixing the problems, not the mechanism to fix the problems.

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            11 months ago

            If you think FOSS can solve capitalism’s issues, you either don’t know what FOSS is or you don’t know what capitalism’s problems are.

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              11 months ago

              FOSS can certainly be used to create that which can fix capitalist issues. I’m just done talking to you about it. You’re adamant against shit and I’m not interested in a fight.

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                    11 months ago

                    Lol does such vacuous psudointelligent talk get you much success in your circles?

                    I am adamant against capitalism, and I’m pro-FOSS. but I’m not delusional about the ability of FOSS to fix capitalist issues, I’m pro-FOSS because it’s a more-ethical way to make software.

                    You read like a teenager who just learned about FOSS and think it’s going to change the world all by itself.