• Communism:

Prioritizes the collective good over individual rights and freedoms leading to censorship, restrictions on assembly, and a lack of personal autonomy.

• How it relates:

We need more than deplatforming

• Communism:

Little motivation to innovate or work hard, as basic needs are already met by the state.

• How it relates:

Shitty software, slow to adopt new standards like tpm2, mv3. Immature drivers.

• Communism:

The centralized control of the economy can lead to inefficiencies, misallocation of resources, and shortages of essential goods.

• How it relates:

Shitty software, fragmentation, poor funding for some projects, and parts of projects getting insufficient attention.

• Communism:

Claims to be classless but creates a new ruling class.

• How it relates:

Derek Taylor (example) advocating for FOSS but also sells a non-FOSS keyboard. Uses his position to make money off the work of FOSS developers. -Isn’t living what he’s selling. Luke Smith asking for donations for ‘introducing you to FOSS software’ (that someone else did all the work on).

• Communism:

Black markets come about as people circumvent regulations and acquire goods and services outside the system.

• How it relates:

Not everyone wants to play by the rules.

• Communism:

Disregard for human rights leading to forced labor, persecution, and even mass murder.

• How it relates:

Communism spreads. If we expect software and the labor of developers for free, we’re going to expect it from other areas. It is a disease.

• Supplemental:

The Soviet Union resorted to forced labor camps (Gulags).

China lacks freedom of the press and has human rights abuses and censorship.

Cuba has a restrictive economy and lack of individual freedoms.

North Korea has food shortages and limited access to information.