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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday October 31, 2021 @04:36AM (#29055475)
> what happens when some people don't want to participate in your voluntary communism and insist on inventing new things and marketing them?

What happens when someone decides they do not want to contribute to wikipedia?

> You'll note that membership in intentional communities is quite low.

Which is why I am designing an open source farming robot. Maybe if the work is fixing robots it will be more appealing than laboring in the fields every day. Sure is for me.

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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by thegrimmest on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:25AM (#29057188)
Open source tractors and other agricultural equipment have been around for quite a while now, but don't really have much uptake. People still prefer to buy John Deere. Why do you think that might be?
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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:26PM (#29059111)
Well I’m not designing a tractor. For large equipment it is probably difficult to compete on the manufacturing side. Luckily our vehicle is much smaller than a tractor.
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