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Re:The problem with Free Software is capitalism by throwaway316943 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:53AM (#27221114)
What is the legal ownership model of this communal housing? You say they are rentals which means money is exchanged for the right to live there. How does this work without money?
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Re:The problem with Free Software is capitalism by rini17 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:48AM (#27221816)
Someone wants to abolish money?
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Re:The problem with Free Software is capitalism by throwaway316943 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:58AM (#27221952)
Do you take the argument to be that there is a single owner of housing to which everyone pays rent then? The reasons why that would be worse should be plainly obvious.
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Re:The problem with Free Software is capitalism by rini17 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:16AM (#27222244)
No. There is no single owner. Whoever wants to own their property, can buy/build one, there are enough of these for sale. I don't know of any case where municipality building houses (or another infrastructure like broadband) would make the situation worse for everyone.
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Re:The problem with Free Software is capitalism by throwaway316943 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:55AM (#27222817)
So you meant we keep the current system but have expanded public housing? That’s not really decommodified though which is the original quote.
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Re:The problem with Free Software is capitalism by rini17 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @08:00AM (#27245682)
You sounded like you are completely against any form of communal/public housing.
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