Why there is so much communist propaganda on lemmy? (feddit.uk)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Vitaly@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Even from people that never lived in a communist state

edit: im 17 and i hate communism

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 92 points 6 months ago

Multiple reasons.

Lemmy was crested by and is maintained by Marxist-Leninists.
Lemmy's structure and rejection of the Profit Motive is in line with Communist ideals, and attracts Communists and other leftists over Reddit, which is Capitalist.
FOSS in general is supported by Communists and Anarchists.

[-] intro@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

This is basically the most serious answer

[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

FOSS is strongly supported by communists, but there's also strong support for it from right-libertarians (when I was younger I remember the stereotype being that Linux users believed taxation was theft)

(I agree that the way FOSS operates is anarcho-communist in nature; I just think people with fringe politics are more likely to support FOSS in general)

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago

Point 3 is true for almost any group you can think of. Communists, anarchists, Baptists, disestablishmentarians, etc., for any large group of people of course some of them will advocate for FOSS.

[-] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

some of them

Implying that not all communists and anarchists are FOSS-advocates

We are, for obvious reasons

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