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it's a matter of motivation (quokk.au)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/mop
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A meme counter-arguing the claim "Without a profit motive, no one would be productive!" by showing examples of unpaid productivity: Wikipedia, complex Minecraft builds, open-source code, and volunteer firefighters.
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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

That's not ancient enough. Go even way back, where people build for community.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    African tribes? But they were small enough, that top-down ruling worked somewhat.

    Not that this way of living – our instincts are geared to – is wrong. A modern interpretation is federalism, no? Only that the details of what is ruled on which level are often subotimal and the smallest piece usually too big.

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