Comment on Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs

• HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Competition.

  Without force, how can they stop a small player from offering a competitive option?

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  • Mniot@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Without force

    Whoah, whoah. Why’d you rule that out?

    Your business plan: quality goods at reasonable prices. My business plan: hire some goons to kill you and take your stuff.

    Historically, this has a lot of precedence.

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    • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Because I’m not an anarchist. There is a role for government in maintaining its monopoly on the use of force.

      But nothing else.

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      • Mniot@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        OK, cool. That definitely helps things.

        I think where we’re disagreeing is that I think in a capitalist society the promise of money will inevitably corrupt the government (because it’s made of people). Maybe it can be avoided if the government performs additional regulatory action to stop anyone from getting too wealthy, but that sounds like beyond the limits that you want to set for government.

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