This is not a hypothetical and is in fact quite common. Say you’re working for a non profit, write code for a standard specification that is better than all other open options. It is better for everyone that companies adopt this code for interoperability.

The reason is not the license.

It is cowardly behaviour to refuse to look something up that “takes 5 seconds” because you wanted me too?

Nowhere was capitalism equated to realism in my posts. That does make any sense. Why would you write that?

You claim I do not understand precise language, and therefore do not know the first thing about socialism. That also makes no sense.

These are non-sequitors.

Can you give me a quick definition according to Marxists of personal and private property?

It is possible, but not worth it.

That is capitalist realism for you.

That is realism. Which is usually quite valuable if you want to change a system.

You seem hell bent on apply the label capitalist as an epithet on just about everyone you respond to. Can you quickly tell us what you think it will accomplish?

You used the wrong quote from yourself. What you quoted from me was a reaction to this gem of a statement:

If you support capitalism and you’re not a capitalist you’re just a bootlicker.

which is black and white, and typical of us-good versus them-bad argument fallacies. If you live and participate in a capitalist system, as the vast majority of humanity does, you are, to some degree, supporting it.

Based on the comments in this thread I take your position to be it’s a matter of degree of support. Owning a truck isn’t capital, it’s apparently got to be a lot to make someone a capitalist. That is not leftist or anti-capitalist, but simply “eat the rich”. Most people exist in classes that participate in ways that keep the lower earners below. I do not believe most humans think this great system for all but feel helpless, and participate as a way to simply exist.

Surely spreading insulting, erudite rhetoric in online is not the solution.

And you live on your own self-sustaining compound, posting from your open hardware, fabricated in free factories, Libre software OS and applications, with compost-generated power? Didn’t think so. Welcome to the gray zone bootlicker.

But Signal is bad, an op-ed by one of Lemmy’s founders: https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html#conclusions

I certainly agree there is cause for caution, as one should always exercise where trust is placed in such matters. But there are leaps of bad logic in that writeup, and the dog pile of FUD swirling around Signal feels nearly orchestrated.

Why not call them capitalists? Seems more direct and less dog-whistle-ish.

How?

Yep, I’m in compete agreement on neoliberalism.

Do not confuse the politico landscape with academic definitions.

My guess is we disagree on which makes a difference in the world, Not you personally (I just don’t know), but I usually find Marxism a refuge for those disconnected from reality. It’s so boring, having been hashed out enumerable times. Plus it has never existed in reality, and never will because it does not account for realities of human nature.

The proletariat dunks again.

In whatever you call the systems of nearly every corner of the modern world. Because they are all hybrids and usually contain some degree of these elements. Discussion pure versions of any economic system is an academic exercise and only tangentially related to reality.

Many non-liberals support capitalism. Ipso facto your definition is useless and obviously has meaning to you beyond the quip. Words are fun!

Are they unique to capitalism?

I provided a less vauge defintion than you. How am I to understand a defintion that is no more than a quip?

Words only have meaning if their definition is agreed upon. My definition follows this description:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

I’m sure you’ll make up more crap, your own words and definitions to weaponize, honing your “posting skills”, dunking all the way to… Valhalla? All the while making no difference.

Like “liberals” you throw around. Hypocrisy runs deep in your community. (look I can also employ the us versus them super smart trickery! We are so smart, they are so dumb, let’s laugh at them!)