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minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoThey are literally monopolies on whatever they concern.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoCorrect. Patents and copyrights are state granted monopolies that are in direct opposition to free market forces that capitalism thrives on.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-21 day agoSure, everyone should work for free except you, of course. Patents only last 15 years. why isn’t the government making insulin.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 minutes agoas a citizen of a country whose government (-owned company) makes insulin, this reads weird to me
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours agoYour affection for patents does not disprove my original statement.
They are literally monopolies on whatever they concern.
Correct. Patents and copyrights are state granted monopolies that are in direct opposition to free market forces that capitalism thrives on.
Sure, everyone should work for free except you, of course.
Patents only last 15 years. why isn’t the government making insulin.
as a citizen of a country whose government (-owned company) makes insulin, this reads weird to me
Your affection for patents does not disprove my original statement.