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And I assume you would also like to be paid well.
This is a lot of requirements for a job. You want to work in tech, and fully remote, and anarchist, and doing something meaningful, and get paid well. I would recommend starting off by getting the best job that fits your ideology and desires that you can get right now. After all, you still need to support yourself.
Once you have that part down, work on getting a different job that meets another of your desires. Eg, get a tech job. Any job in tech, even if it is shitty. Then get a tech job that is less shitty and pays you well. Then get a tech job that pays you well and lets you work remote part time. Then full time. Then get a fully remote tech job with good pay that works on something meaningful to you. Then get a job at a tech syndicate.
The problem you are running into is that jobs like the one you want are very appealing to many people. Most people want remote work. They want to get paid well. They want to do meaningful work. Etc. Thus, the positions that these employers have will be highly competitive. And you, therefore, must have a high level of skill in your niche and connections in the industry who will pass along your name and pass along opportunities to you. And while a good education in a field can serve as a strong foundation and get your foot in the door to start, most knowledge needed for most jobs is learned on the job - actually doing the work and interacting with other people who are working on the same problems. So to get your dream job, you need experience and connections, and to get experience and connections, you will need to work in less appealing jobs. And since almost all employers are capitalist, you will almost certainly need to work at a number of capitalist firms in order to achieve your goal.
I actually don't care about the pay. As long as I can buy food and pay my bills I don't care. I would be willing to work for less than minimum wage if it meant I could have a say in my workplace.
And honestly it doesn't even need to be a tech syndicate. I would be willing to work for any syndicate, and most areas have some kind of IT.