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  • HStone32@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I don’t understand the comparisons people make between OSS and comunism. Comunism is a flavor of old-world authoritarianism, based upon the idea that mankind is incapable of choosing the right thing, so the right choice is instead mandated by law. OSS’s emhasis on freedom, choice, and the lack of any kind of governing authrorty or social dogma, as well as the inherent trust in the majority public to choose the right (to donate or contribute) has a lot more in common with liberalism than comunism.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      10 months ago

      Communism is a classless stateless moneyless society based on the principle of “from each according to ability, to each according to need”

    • freebee@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      There is a vast difference between communism the theory and communism the real world application as it occured in 20th century.

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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        10 months ago

        If a theory and every attempt at real world application of a theory yield wildly different results, shouldn’t that suggest something in the theory is deeply flawed?