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Re:Why do people bother with open source? by TulliusCicero on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:38PM (#39653285)
They're opposed to capitalism on some level. Though it's probably true that some are just social democrats that want heavy regulation of capitalism.

Another possible alternative is being a market socialist (wanting an economy that's basically all worker owned co-ops).

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Re:Why do people bother with open source? by andybak on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:42PM (#39653340)
> Another possible alternative is being a market socialist

OK. I hadn't considered that option. I guess I'm interested to understand the middle ground between "centralized state ownership" and "no state but somehow it doesn't turn into hellscape of warlords and bandits".

Does this model generally allow private property but exclude "the means of production" etc?

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Re:Why do people bother with open source? by TulliusCicero on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:55PM (#39653445)
Socialists usually try to distinguish between "personal property" (things for your own household/lifestyle) and "private property" (the means of production, or sometimes extravagant wealth in general).
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