Why is that weird? Capitalism and government isn't mutually exclusive, in fact one is generally provided by the actions of the other.
But more fundamentally if you want to talk about abolishing "unnatural" right to IP then you better first start by ensuring writers get paid a living wage. Otherwise you're only lobbying for the abolition of artform.
Capitalism works just fine with the free exchange of goods and services and gets distorted the more groups impose themselves on said free exchange, whether they be actual government entities or de facto rulers like cartels that are able to effect a restraint of trade. It's an evolved system with all of the imperfections (and resiliency) you might expect based on that.
Now, it's true that the way things work, there's a need to avoid a power vacuum lest some big company just take over, just as we use the GPL to protect ourselves from copyright maximalists, because anarchy falls apart once someone becomes too powerful and has no mechanism to prevent itself from being ruled, but that's another story.
Capitalism works just fine with the free exchange of goods and services
Which doesn't exist at scale without government protection. Caravans had to have their own little militaries (guards) because they were valuable. You cannot have a free market without protection because a bad actor will come in and eat your lunch.
[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy.
-- Joseph Campbell
Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score:5, Insightful)
The end result of unfettered capitalism is wealthy organisations eating everything and everyone else.
The power of wealth must be reigned in.
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Weird that you blame "capitalism" for an unnatural right to imaginary property invented by the government.
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Why is that weird? Capitalism and government isn't mutually exclusive, in fact one is generally provided by the actions of the other.
But more fundamentally if you want to talk about abolishing "unnatural" right to IP then you better first start by ensuring writers get paid a living wage. Otherwise you're only lobbying for the abolition of artform.
Re:Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score:2)
Capitalism works just fine with the free exchange of goods and services and gets distorted the more groups impose themselves on said free exchange, whether they be actual government entities or de facto rulers like cartels that are able to effect a restraint of trade. It's an evolved system with all of the imperfections (and resiliency) you might expect based on that.
Now, it's true that the way things work, there's a need to avoid a power vacuum lest some big company just take over, just as we use the GPL to protect ourselves from copyright maximalists, because anarchy falls apart once someone becomes too powerful and has no mechanism to prevent itself from being ruled, but that's another story.
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Capitalism works just fine with the free exchange of goods and services
Which doesn't exist at scale without government protection. Caravans had to have their own little militaries (guards) because they were valuable. You cannot have a free market without protection because a bad actor will come in and eat your lunch.