Re: NixOS commits a "purge" of "Nazi" contributors, forces abdication of founder

On 05/07/2024 21:28, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

Unfortunately, this is true of demagogues on both the left and the right.
Take a look at the United States today, for instance.  In fact, if you
replace "socialism" with "unbridled capitalism", you've pretty much
covered the whole spectrum (aside from us radical moderates sitting
in the middle, watching the chaos unfold on both sides).
 

Charlie, my take on this is that unbridled capitalism has teamed up with government to completely control the market and mandate by legislation the use of its products, rather than bother to compete with other companies on quality.
The end result might as well be communism, except the big corporations replace the Party as the controllers of industry.
In this context a raft of 'social' and 'environmental' legislation that only large corporates can afford to implement, drives out all the mom and pop businesses.
I've seen this absolutely happen in the UK and Germany at least. Manufacturers collude with the EU or the UK government to bring in legislation for 'new' 'green'  products *they* have just developed - but no one else has.
'social' legislation like oppressive health and safety is impossible for a one or two man business to implement. Minimum wages mean the jobs move overseas.
Siemens, purveyors of windmills, donated billions to UK political parties. And for all I know, politicians.
The anti capitalist groups are *funded* by those corporate capitalist interests to attack their competitors. Viz Nuclear power.
They *are* the people they are warning you about.

But who knows? Maybe humanity will learn one day?

I'm not holding my breath.

Humanity only needs to be not so completely idiotic that a few men and women manage to produce the next generation.
The problem today is that in a technological society they don't have to try very hard, which leaves enormous potential to fill their heads with carefully crafted bullshit and sell them products that never knew they didn't want and certainly do not need.
And thereby transfer even more personal  wealth into the hands of big corporations.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
Karl Marx