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Naruto · 160w
PSA: free and open source software is now socialist shitcoining. Preferring the government not prevent competition in the free market is now socialist shitcoining. Bitcoin maxipads are such idiots ...
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That's a cleaner argument. I'll discuss this argument without insulting you.

If someone thinks they can execute ideas better than someone else, I think we should want and encourage that. Innovators then make their money by executing their ideas better than the competition. Ideas and by extension, goods and services, then flow at cheapest cost from best competitor to the market. Monopolies lose protected edge granted to them by the government.

This is the opposite of socialist. It's pure free market competition. The strong survive, the consumers benefit.
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DRE · 160w
To your comment about certain ppl only liking free markets when it suits them; licensing is not the only way to protect IP, a company could just not release their proprietary code/secrets if licensing (which is enforced by government in this case) is not accessible. Clearly that would have ramificat...
Naruto · 160w
On your first two paragraphs, I get the view. I disagree it's the ideal structure for the business landscape (for the government to protect IP) but I'm not gonna go on about that. I insulted you because you characterized my view as socialist and entitled, which it clearly is not. My view is closer t...
Naruto · 160w
Bitcoin conf thing is just a guess based on timing of Seth's post. Idk.