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Re:What Wikipedia Did by geysersam on Sunday May 14, 2023 @04:35AM (#35936385)
Having a free society is not the same as having only capitalism decide where resources should be allocated.

I'm just noting the that the most valuable websites on the internet are relatively nonprofit.

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Re:What Wikipedia Did by vasco on Sunday May 14, 2023 @04:56AM (#35936486)
You stated the full potential of the web cannot be unlocked by capitalism.

I merely illustrated that the web was invented and ran by a capitalist society, the internet you see today is a product of capitalism, the good parts and the bad ones.

Unless you can link me websites created and ran from countries with different systems - that you had in mind as being superior.

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Re:What Wikipedia Did by marcusverus on Sunday May 14, 2023 @03:49PM (#35940827)
> Having a free society is not the same as having only capitalism decide where resources should be allocated.

Huh? Capitalism is literally a state of economic freedom. People accumulate capital via consensual economic transactions, then decide what to do with it (stuff like funding Wikipedia!). How is this contrary to a free society?

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