Post #2773922
2026-02-09 09:44 UTC
@eschaton@mastodon.social @bks@mastodon.social Digital Maoism is using "Maoism" in the capitalist boot-licking sense, by looking down at any collaborative community effort, exaggerating its flaws and downgrading its benefits.
In a way, if we use this definition, it is true. It is stealing the collective community works (open source software) and creating a shitty (computer) product out of it.
But I object to using "Maoism" derogatorily when rampart capitalism and techno-fascism will do just fine.
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@bks@mastodon.social 2026-02-09 10:46
@vie@hachyderm.io @eschaton@mastodon.social It's the computer as dictator, and the dictator's every pronouncement as doctrine. Not an economic theory. I'm guessing neither of you are old enough to have actually argued with a Maoist.