• JustinA
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    1 day ago

    That is not the official goal of the patent system in any country, and any behavior like that should be stopped.

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      1 day ago

      You think the string-pullers would be honest about their goals? It’s all about control, making sure the haves keep.

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        20 hours ago

        Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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          18 hours ago

          As great a philosophical mainstay as Hanlon’s razor is, I find it pretty difficult to believe a system of laws that almost exclusively favour the wealthy, especially when it’s people in positions of wealth that write said laws, is some happy accident.

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            10 hours ago

            I’m not saying otherwise, I just have some serious doubts that there are some men in black in some dark room pulling the strings.

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      The stated purpose of the police is not “protect the rich from the poor”.

      The stated purpose of war is not “to extract resources from that country and fund the industrial war machine”.

      Many things are made for serving a purpose that’s not said out loud.