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Title says it all. I'm in a country that has public health care, and in many aspects it is very good. Only downside is wait time. There's also less and less funding every year, less and less quality, the whole process to destroy and later privatize what is a natural monopoly (such as water, electricity, etc) and a basic necessity for human life and dignity, and so on.

With that said, is it wrong for me to benefit from what is essentially a better service (because of factors mentioned above, not because private = "better") because it is a capitalist enterprise? Same debate could arise from private energy companies, private transport providers, etc.

General Discussion Thread - Juche 113, Week 6 in c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

[–] augusto@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

hey, don't know if it's Jerboa (my client), but the matrix homeserver and space link doesn't work for me.

cheers from Brazil, have a great day!

Student Looking for Help in Field in c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

[–] augusto@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you for your reply (and everyone else's replies as well)

I have the privilege of being able to get out of the country, I'm currently in the US visiting family and working for a small business, it's been about a month. A family member living here managed to get me in the company. It's been pretty meh so far, only done some webdev work (they didn't even put the site live) and IT assistance (installing PCs and such). They have their own management software that (I think) they're selling, which is not ideal but capitalism™. I don't yet have the know-how to make any contributions to it, unfortunately. I'm entering my second year in university and I'll come back to Brazil when it starts.

Even in Brazil, is entering the academic or research field hard? I can get a (sorry if not right name in English) doctorate, post doc, master's, etc since I can find jobs that pay enough to provide for myself while studying due to my qualifications and my parents helping me if I need to. Honestly I'd kill just to get a job at Pine64, System76 or the FSF.

Sorry if I'm too naïve or enthusiastic about all this, I'm still very new to the job market and stuff. (20yo also)

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Student Looking for Help in Field (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by augusto@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

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Hello!

I'm a CS student, have been a FOSS lover for a long time and am a commie since recently (a year or two). I was thinking of my future career and as much as I'd love for there to just be an easy, free and open approach to using my skills, capitalism just makes it all impossible. I know thay capitalism will make it impossible for me to exercise my profession in a good way, but is there no alternative that fits in the middle anywhere?

There just seems to be for profit software if I want to actually get a decent wage and a decent life. How can I get a decent job with free software? The idea of it just inhibits it while on the capitalist mode of production.

TLDR: how can I be a FOSS dev while not caving to the interests of big techs and corporations to provide for myself (aka be a hypocrite)?

Thank you for your time reading, cheers from Brazil!

Argentinians stage nationwide strike against Javier Milei’s far-right agenda in c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

[–] augusto@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 8 months ago

this. but honestly we should've landed another stab

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Should a Communist Own a Gun? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by augusto@lemmygrad.ml to c/communism@lemmygrad.ml

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The Question is rather simple: should I as communist (and a Brazilian) own a gun? I'm not going to lie, I like weapons and the art that is making them. That's the only real reason I wanted to get a gun license. I wanted to collect old Soviet weapons and maintain them for the sake of it.

I'm also new to socialism and communism in general, so sorry if I'm dumb by asking this

cheers, comrades