I had a journey ( lemmy.ml )

fosforus , 9 months ago

I was feeling the last part had some more story behind it so I went ahead and found this:

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/bad10f85-869c-4bb2-a0ca-cfd0e9bcc83e.png

Seems like I’m a full-blown woke communist too

darcy , 9 months ago

er… did torvalds just say trans rights? based alert

fosforus , 9 months ago

I think he said trans rights in the wording that >90% of people would agree with.

Omniraptor , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

God I wish that were true but there are a LOT of people (well, conservatives) who are vehemently against wider society allowing cross dressing or medical transition. It’s not 90% :(

Barbarian , 9 months ago

Doesn’t read like he’s an actual communist, more insulting people (rightly so) that would call liberals communists.

agent_flounder , 9 months ago

I’m definitely woke af. And proud of it.

I have come to think that when profits are at odds with health, happiness, the good of society and humanity, then either a non profit foundation needs to be running it or it needs to be in the hands of the government—but a much less corrupt one. And I believe oligopolies need to be broken up and anti trust laws greatly expanded and enforced. Then we can deal with the oligopoly / plutocracy. We set a maximum wage (including all earnings) and tax 100% above that. Penalties for regulatory breaches include jail time. For corporations. With corporations reigned in, oligopolies and oligarchies crumbled, we can prevent regulatory capture and corruption. Campaign finance is abolished and it is paid for out of public funds. We abolish first past the post voting in favor of scientifically determined better alternatives to ensure voters actually have a variety of choices.

Idk wtf that makes me except maybe a ranting lunatic lol

spitfire , 9 months ago

As a full fledged Ancapper, I respect your opinion

fosforus , 9 months ago

In my mind, “woke” has two meanings that apply to this context:

• positive: aware of the hardships different groups of people might face
• negative: overboard political correctness, cancel culture

It’s entirely possible to be pro-woke and anti-woke at the same time because of this.

Potatos_are_not_friends , 9 months ago

It’s strange to me that any of the things he said is controversial.

spitfire , 9 months ago

I don’t think it’s that controversial unless you’re hardcore conservative. Realistically he just laid out the view of most of the Libertarian party. Nothing he said denotes woke or communist except for the part or him claiming to be one. I’d like to see the full context, because that woke communist comment probably wasn’t directed at Linus’ views

Holzkohlen , 9 months ago

Common sense on the internet in this economy 😮

Gamey , 9 months ago

In German we call it “Links Grün vesifft”

cows_are_underrated , 9 months ago

Aber die Grüneeeeeeeeennnnnn!!!

PyroNeurosis , 9 months ago

Where do I sign up for my Atheist card?

TopRamenBinLaden , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

I personally think communism especially Marxism sounds really good on paper. The problem is that just about every time it has been attempted things didn’t really seem to work like they are supposed to.

Its like every state that attempts communism just ends up being a perpetual Vanguard state, and it ends up being authoritarian and terrible.

I really think there are several good ideas in Marx theories, but the actual implementation of those theories needs some work to figure out how they should be incorporated without being corrupted and overtaken by tyrants.

cows_are_underrated , 9 months ago

You’re right. Communism is like the greatest social form a society can possibly achieve. The Problem is, that humans are dumb and will always try to get the best out of it for themselves so the concept of communism is ruined by those people. It maybe is practicable in small “society’s” (your family as example) but fails in big societies like states.

the_lone_wolf , 9 months ago

That’s why no country has achieved communism they are all authoritarian!

clover , 9 months ago

Capitalism didn’t appear over night. It took several attempts and iterations to get it anywhere near what it is today. Most modern theories on the implementation of Marxism focus less on centralized government authority and more on democracy in the work place, and eliminating 3rd party shareholders’ control. Much of the struggle with implementation of this, is that the existing financial structures aren’t set up to handle this type of thing well.

ThatHermanoGuy , 9 months ago

Just when I thought I couldn’t admire him more…