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    1 year ago

    On the other hand, I’d wager that any given person who uses Linux daily at work is far more likely to own a stake in their company than the average worker.

    My Linux laptop is also literally my means of production, which I own. Karl Marx never predicted this.

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      He also didn’t predict a class of people born with no labor to sell because so much of it has been automated away. How are they supposed to use their labor as a bargaining chip if they can’t find labor to do to begin with?