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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by matkoniecz on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:41PM (#50430744)
> Even if there was no currently "known" alternative, the proper course of action is to research that and find one?

please test it properly before putting it in production, communism went poorly

> Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.

note that I am not arguing that better system is impossible - that would be silly

but "destroy capitalism" attempts went remarkably badly so far

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by Loquebantur on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:09PM (#50432197)
The experiment "capitalism" has already failed. You simply refuse to acknowledge that fact.

The idea, you would have to produce a turn-key solution, beta-tested on "somebody else" is obvious nonsense and pure deflection.

In the given dire situation, you have to do the best you can, not wait for some imaginary perfect escape hatch to appear.

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by matkoniecz on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:31PM (#50434481)
It failed less than communism and feudalism. Which other alternatives you see?
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