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Lemmy is so far left leaning because a large part of its existence is due to people being mad at capitalism
I thought only capitalism drives innovation?
Strangely enough, many people do things for other reasons than money. :)
Then entire idea of open source wouldn't exist if people were only motivated by money. As an example.
👀 eyeballs the Entire Free / Open source software culture
You're telling me every technological innovation before 1750~ wasn't done purely for the sake of profits and shareholders?!? HOW WAS THAT ALLOWED!?
Name 3.
Altruism, personal fulfillment, drugs
I read Altruism as Autism, and honestly I think it should be added to the list.
Name 845.
Well, let's subdivide drugs then and start with the table of contents of PIHKAL and TIHKAL.