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Re:Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software by swader999 on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:47AM (#29350647)
Taking something from someone else is wrong. Doing it for the good of others doesn't correct this theft. The degree that this happens in a society represents the level to which civilisation is broken and corrupted.

Open source examples aren't communism, there's no threat of force. It relies on decentralized collaboration and natural willingness to create and share. There's a solid legal framework in place that promotes use, improvement and extension with low cost to all parties.

Re:Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software by antoinealb on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:07AM (#29350846)
So would you say all things funded through taxation are wrong ? Not trying to be snarky, just wondering if that's the logical conclusion to that axiom.
Re:Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software by swader999 on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:16AM (#29350938)
No. I would argue that less taxation would be needed if anti competition and regulatory structures were better enforced and supported.
Re:Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software by 4ggr0 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @08:59AM (#29392121)
So I guess Nestle is communist? People who took land from natives are communists as well. In a way, every capitalist corp which takes resources from other countries is communist.

If you think communism = taking away things from people, I guess you don't know political ideologies that well :)

Re:Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software by birdayz on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:36AM (#29351115)
well that's one way to see it. however, in germany, we don't want to have homeless and extremely poor people, so we solve it by taking money away from the rich and middle class. for some people it might be called communism, for germans and in general europeans however that's just the baseline they expect from a functioning state.