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Re: Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software

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Post by freemint » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

jansan wrote: post #12

freemint wrote: post #4

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Commies are really, really rare in Germany. I find it personally doubtful that so many are involved in that research area. Also try to assume that they are acting in good faith.

Commies are not rare in Germany, they just don't call themselved commies.

We have communist parties in Germany such as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany or the German Communist Party. However they have no almost support. Communism is about the ownership of the means of production as in people are not allowed to own factories. You will find almost no German who supports that. Not even the Linke supports that and instead hides behind a nebulous "overcoming capitalism".

Re: Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software

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Post by oytis » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 11:39 AM UTC

elloworld1221 wrote: post #28

oytis wrote: post #16

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Die Linke is not a communist party. German communists are called DKP (15K votes in the last election) and MLPD (23K votes).

There are certainly many communists in Die Linke, even if they are a "big tent" left party.

If you count trotskyists among communists there might be some, but nowhere near the majority

Re: Epidemics Plugin for the UG4 software

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Post by 4ggr0 » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 1:59 PM UTC

swader999 wrote: post #19

4ggr0 wrote: post #14

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What's wrong with commies?

Taking something from someone else is wrong. Doing it for the good of others doesn't correct this theft. The degree that this happens in a society represents the level to which civilisation is broken and corrupted. Open source examples aren't communism, there's no threat of force. It relies on decentralized collaboration and natural willingness to create and share. There's a solid legal framework in place that promot…

So I guess Nestle is communist? People who took land from natives are communists as well. In a way, every capitalist corp which takes resources from other countries is communist.

If you think communism = taking away things from people, I guess you don't know political ideologies that well :)