• facow [he/him, any]
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    17 hours ago

    Also "stealing" tech is just kind of how countries develop. It was explicit US policy to steal European patents during industrialization. There's no reason there should be a global monopoly on some idea

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      17 hours ago

      Apparently it was one of the big Freedoms™ people would point to in the 19th century.

      "What makes America so free? Why, you can manufacture what you like, print and sell anything! Copyright? Patent? Sheer humbugery!"