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[-] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago

Hmm. Self-organizing projects whose workers work on them entirely based on their need to be done, and the results freely distributed to anyone who wants a copy?

Literal fascism, obviously.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Things like FOSS stuff makes you think people can organize and work together freely to achieve a common goal, and maybe anarchy could work. But then, you see a busy intersection when the traffic lights go out and you realize the general public are idiots and everything devolves into selfish chaos as you're stuck a half mile back, as cars shoot through in no particular order and you inch closer to the madness terrified to make your left turn. I have zero trust in society without some form of rule and order.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Think about a roundabout though in comparison, no lights or specific order, and there is a learning curve, but overall they reduce traffic better then stoplights under many conditions.

I guess my point is sort of extrapolating that a structure/presentation also heavily influences how users perceive or use a product/idea

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is a specific order though.

First two exits use the outside lane, second exit or anything further uses the inside lane. Always yield to the inside lane.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Decentralization doesn't necessarily mean disorganization. You can create a Lemmy instance with no moderation and rely purely on the community itself to self moderate, much like someone can create an instance with rules, and if someone disagrees with the rules they can create their own. Both are part of a decentralized system, so no one is actually coerced into participating in any system by regulation, just social pressure.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The same is true when attempting to merge in the US. See Japan traffic as a counter argument.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I find it a bit ironic that cars and traffic lights are being used as a metaphor for why anarchy won't work. Let's put aside that the example is of poor collective planning to build urban environments. Go to Vietnam and see how people drive without traffic lights, it's complete madness. But it works, and in some ways it works better than what we have because the accidents are fewer and less severe while also serving more diverse modes of traffic.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

whose workers work on them entirely based on their need to be done

You mean there's projects out there where it's not a bunch of individual devs all working on their personal pet features and ignoring all else?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Can't tell if this is a joke of some kind

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think it is not. Certainly most projects aren't solely personal utilities, but devs working for fun rather than profit will almost inevitably produce something skewed towards their own tastes and skills. See: the presentation of any FOSS graphical app vs a paid equivalent.

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