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minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThey are literally monopolies on whatever they concern.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-down5·2 months agoSure, everyone should work for free except you, of course. Patents only last 15 years. why isn’t the government making insulin.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYour affection for patents does not disprove my original statement.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoas a citizen of a country whose government (-owned company) makes insulin, this reads weird to me
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.
Your affection for patents does not disprove my original statement.
as a citizen of a country whose government (-owned company) makes insulin, this reads weird to me