Post #1090595
2026-04-04 19:41 UTC
Figures. Patents are the backbone of capitalism. Some say it invented capitalism as we know it.
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@elvith@feddit.org 2026-04-04 20:17
I mean, I get the idea of patents. If there were no protection of “ideas”, some random person could have one, try to bring it to market but could just be outplayed by a big corporation with enough money to copy this idea and sell it everywhere before he can even start production. They have more resources and money, but might not have had that idea. There should be some protection. Problem is, that these are also abused by the big corporations, so… Maybe we need to fix this somehow.
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@WesternInfidels@feddit.online 2026-04-04 21:33
Patents are a (relatively speaking) newfangled trick to turn ideas into legal "capital." In the same way that a corporation "is" a person. The _backbone_ of capitalism? I'm not following that.