• Frank Ring@lemmy.world
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    5 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.