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"The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it's moving America toward a fascist theocracy" - Frank Zappa, 1986 (youtu.be)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Not quite.

In a 1991 interview, Zappa reported that he was a registered Democrat but added "that might not last long—I'm going to shred that."[148] Describing his political views, Zappa categorized himself as a "practical conservative."[nb 13] He favored limited government and low taxes; he also stated that he approved of national defense, social security, and other federal programs, but only if recipients of such programs are willing and able to pay for them.[1]: 315–316, 323–324, 329–330 He opposed military drafts, saying that military service should be voluntary.[149] He favored capitalism, entrepreneurship, and independent business, stating that musicians could make more from owning their own businesses than from collecting royalties.[150] He opposed communism, stating, "A system that doesn't allow ownership... has—to put it mildly—a fatal design flaw."[1]: 315–316, 323–324, 329–330 He had used his album covers to encourage his fans to register to vote, and throughout 1988, he had registration booths at his concerts.[11]: 348 He even considered running for president of the United States as an independent.[11]: 365 [151]

[–] drasglaf 8 points 17 hours ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Open source is anarchist socialism. This whole platform works because socialism works. The internet is made up of protocols that people aren't required to implement but do because they're good ideas that are well thought out and work and were created without force or threat of violence like threatening the right to sue for damages even. Bad ideas get worked on and fixed. Look at Wayland in Linux, a complete volunteer driven effort that got funding because it was a good idea. No one forced all Linux desktop environments to switch from x11 because a new law got signed, but instead volunteers were like "thank you for fixing x11 in your free time."

But nope, property doesn't exist, guess it's broke!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

im sure zappa would love to expand to you upon his thoughts about this topic but hes dead so he cant right now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

I'm not sure why this showed up as a reply to me looking up Zappa's politics. Zappa was Zappa.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

He was a latter day Bull Moose. Not bad, Zappa