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It's been a while but I used to enjoy telling folks in the early years of their career that software engineers and anarchists have a lot in common because both

It's been a while but I used to enjoy telling folks in the early years of their career that software engineers and anarchists have a lot in common because both view "the state" as the main cause of problems.

eyelidlessness 4y ago
Former long time anarchist, current long time FP proponent, presently having a laugh with you on this.
- weatherlight 4y ago
  A Classless and stateless society! sign me up!
- shaunxcode 4y ago
  we must build a Functional Economy.
- epolanski 4y ago
  I bet 1 $ you work in crypto.
  - eyelidlessness 4y ago
    Nope! You can actually find out what I do for work pretty easily tho because it’s all open source and I use the same handle. Edit: please donate the proceeds of your bet loss to victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye.
  - deleted 4y ago
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- IngoBlechschmid 4y ago
  Out of curiosity, why former?
  - bcherny 4y ago
    “He who is not a républicain at twenty compels one to doubt the generosity of his heart; but he who, after thirty, persists, compels one to doubt the soundness of his mind.”
    - deleted 4y ago
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    - sjm 4y ago
      I really dislike this quote. It always comes across like it's designed to ease greedy people of their guilt for moving to the right as they earn more money. To me, being sound of mind is wanting everyone to have what you have, or at least an equal shot of getting there from wherever they had the roll of the dice of being born.
      - bcherny 4y ago
        Not to agree or disagree with the quote itself, I’m simply giving a possible explanation for why the commenter may have changed their mind.
      - kortilla 4y ago
        Well sure, it’s “sound of mind” to you because that’s your political view. To people on the right it’s just completely naive. The first half is mathematically impossible and the second half is so wishy washy that it leaves room for everyone to claim they were born further back in one aspect or another on the proverbial board.
        philosopher1234 4y ago
        > it leaves room for everyone to claim they were born further back in one aspect or another on the proverbial board. Because generosity is exploitable, it's better to exploit.
        yowlingcat 4y ago
- actually_a_dog 4y ago
  Have a laugh at this then, too: http://wiki.c2.com/?AnarchyProgramming http://wiki.c2.com/?AnarchyProgramming
yowlingcat 4y ago
Oh this one was good. I'm going to have to put that in my back pocket. The punchline is that obviously that's not the only thing they have in common.
pcblues 4y ago
Love it, thanks. Subvert the dominant paradigm! But only if it's justified and well documented for future maintenance :)
unwind 4y ago
Wow, that's great, thanks! As a dad and Certified Card-Carrying member of the International League of Punists I feel this is really profound. Not at all in my political direction, but who cares it's the pun that matters. Also, it would make an epic t-shirt in the hands of someone with some actual artistic skills. Is there such as a thing as missing a cool t-shirt you haven't seen? :/ "Down with the State", "Shrink the State", "Less State -> More Good", "No State, No Problems", "Spread the State", "No State/Stay Pure"? Oh my kingdom for a programming-literate copywriter.
- noisy_boy 4y ago
  "State -> Less State -> Stateless"

eyelidlessness 4y ago

Former long time anarchist, current long time FP proponent, presently having a laugh with you on this.

weatherlight 4y ago
A Classless and stateless society! sign me up!
shaunxcode 4y ago
we must build a Functional Economy.
epolanski 4y ago
I bet 1 $ you work in crypto.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  Nope! You can actually find out what I do for work pretty easily tho because it’s all open source and I use the same handle. Edit: please donate the proceeds of your bet loss to victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
IngoBlechschmid 4y ago
Out of curiosity, why former?
- bcherny 4y ago
  “He who is not a républicain at twenty compels one to doubt the generosity of his heart; but he who, after thirty, persists, compels one to doubt the soundness of his mind.”
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - sjm 4y ago
    I really dislike this quote. It always comes across like it's designed to ease greedy people of their guilt for moving to the right as they earn more money. To me, being sound of mind is wanting everyone to have what you have, or at least an equal shot of getting there from wherever they had the roll of the dice of being born.
    - bcherny 4y ago
      Not to agree or disagree with the quote itself, I’m simply giving a possible explanation for why the commenter may have changed their mind.
    - kortilla 4y ago
      Well sure, it’s “sound of mind” to you because that’s your political view. To people on the right it’s just completely naive. The first half is mathematically impossible and the second half is so wishy washy that it leaves room for everyone to claim they were born further back in one aspect or another on the proverbial board.
      - philosopher1234 4y ago
        > it leaves room for everyone to claim they were born further back in one aspect or another on the proverbial board. Because generosity is exploitable, it's better to exploit.
        yowlingcat 4y ago
actually_a_dog 4y ago
Have a laugh at this then, too: http://wiki.c2.com/?AnarchyProgramming http://wiki.c2.com/?AnarchyProgramming

yowlingcat 4y ago

Oh this one was good. I'm going to have to put that in my back pocket. The punchline is that obviously that's not the only thing they have in common.

pcblues 4y ago

Love it, thanks. Subvert the dominant paradigm! But only if it's justified and well documented for future maintenance :)

unwind 4y ago

Wow, that's great, thanks! As a dad and Certified Card-Carrying member of the International League of Punists I feel this is really profound. Not at all in my political direction, but who cares it's the pun that matters. Also, it would make an epic t-shirt in the hands of someone with some actual artistic skills. Is there such as a thing as missing a cool t-shirt you haven't seen? :/ "Down with the State", "Shrink the State", "Less State -> More Good", "No State, No Problems", "Spread the State", "No State/Stay Pure"? Oh my kingdom for a programming-literate copywriter.

noisy_boy 4y ago
"State -> Less State -> Stateless"