Aaron on Nostr: Now, if anybody who is a die-hard Capitalist indoctrinated into the American Way ...

Now, if anybody who is a die-hard Capitalist indoctrinated into the American Way reads me saying things like this, the inevitable response is something along the lines of, "What alternative do we have? Communism!? That doesn't work!"

I question whether socialism or communism (no they are not the same thing) have truly been given a proper go, but that's beside the point. We have options that are a smaller leap from our current setup: Focused bug fixes that represent small, incremental changes in the right direction that don't threaten the stability of the system. We can do those things with minimal risk, and, from there, figure out how to continue to improve things.

Maybe in the long run we'll end up at a socialist or communist system, or maybe not, but wherever we take it, if we continue to *improve* our system through continued, gradual change instead of digging in our heals, we will end up with a system that is *better* than what we have. That's worthwhile, IMO. And not Scary.