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Can't help but think the move here is making tech for ourselves and paying ourselves to do it. Like, funding each other directly to make stuff we need and want and cutting these tech A-holes out of the picture entirely.

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@kelbot I so much wish that it was that simple.

If I could just get paid to run public infrastructure, I'd do it in a heart beat.

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@ajroach42 Yeah, I know it's not as simple as that. But we can at least take steps right?

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@kelbot Oh I didn't mean "it's not as simple as that" so much as I meant "lets talk about how we can make this happen.

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@ajroach42 @kelbot Very relatable. I just want to write useful user facing software for Linux.

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@woozle @savanni @ajroach42 @kelbot @dbb @chonky @netopwibby @jakimfett

Nice!

IIRC @nasser started one last year (a coop of programmers), I think he wrote about his experiences but I'm not sure where.

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I’m very interested in such a thing, I’d love to contribute however I can.

@vanderZwan @woozle @savanni @ajroach42 @kelbot @chonky @netopwibby @jakimfett @nasser

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@dbb @vanderZwan @savanni @ajroach42 @kelbot @chonky @netopwibby @jakimfett @nasser

I think the main/first obstacle to overcome is how to... change the culture, to normalize the idea of people with surplus income contributing a good chunk of their surplus towards one or more public-good cooperatives of this sort. ...like a voluntary income tax. (The free-marketists should be happy, at least, right? ...no, they will never be happy.)

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@woozle @dbb @vanderZwan @savanni @kelbot @chonky @netopwibby @jakimfett @nasser

I'm not sure that's where I'd start, but I'm not at a keyboard to respond in more depth.

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@woozle good link with software_uprising idea, I'll propagate this.
we got a thing next weekend called p2p-basel.org/ for distributed non-shitcoin app developers, take a look. google and apple won't allow our apps to be published which makes this even more challenging

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@kelbot Sign me up, I've been in corporate for too too long.

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@kelbot
That sounds like a great idea

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@kelbot time to start some coops?

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@kelbot correct. co-op structures where people run and own the services they need to replace the defunkt VC funded astroturf would be the way forward.

@kelbot I’ll see you at the flea market with my blanket full of $2 floppies!

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