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Why are folks so anti-capitalist? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by o_o@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I'm seeing a lot of hate for capitalism here, and I'm wondering why that is and what the rationale behind it is. I'm pretty pro-capitalism myself, so I want to see the logic on the other side of the fence.

If this isn't the right forum for a political/economic discussion-- I'm happy to take this somewhere else.

Cheers!

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Lemmy developers are very anti-capitalist and this is one of the first instances, the one that they are most liked to. Like attracted like, leading to a lot of users being anti-capitalist.

Other instances have different internal cultures due to how and why they were formed.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know this before joining Lemmy. But coincidentally I happen to not enjoy being a wage slave.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I was just trying to answer OP's question in a different context, as I took to being interpreted as either "why do you hate capitalism?" or "why does everyone here seem to hate capitalism?" and I answered the second question while most answered the first.

[–] amendment64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are there other less anti-capitalist instances you can recommend? I am so tired of the constant , "oh, it's because capitalism!" circlejerk.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe start a commuist revolution, then no one woud need to talk about capitalism?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of the other ones are less anti-capitalist. The problem here is that no other instance seems to want to compete for AskLemmy since the community got built early here.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'd like to be pointed to one too. I don't mind talking to anti-capitalists, but the circkle-jerking is too much.