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Intellectual Property should be abolished - change my mind! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey mateys!

I made a post at /c/libertarianism about the abolition of IP. Maybe some of you will find it interesting.

Please answer in the other community so that all the knowledge is in one place and easier to discover.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Billions typically paid for by government subsidy, id est taxpayers. I'm not sure what the justification is for private IP rights when the capital is socialized.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i so seldom see anyone actually write out 'id est' instead of 'i.e,' that part of my brain insisted for a solid second that it had to be a typo lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's part of how I remember id est versus exempli gratia