They get elected to office to do what exactly? I hear they have the wildest orgies.
But seriously, politicians serve money to make money. So I don't see how this dodges the point.
zbyte64
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What are they seeking to gain if not wealth?
The rich people who go on TV and say "people don't want to work for me anymore, that's why we need to cut benefits" certainly see wealth as zero-sum. They know if we had all those things you listed their business would stop working.
Imagine the libs actually taking up arms. I can't.
This. Another Jan 6th is the best we can hope for at this point. If Trump wins, it will be much worse than the first time. If he loses, but wins the coupe, then we get a civil war. I don't like how 2 of the 3 options are a national shit show as opposed to a failed insurrection (best scenario at this point).
Wait, instead of metaphor you meant a literal example? Absurd indeed to compare rape to downloading something illegally.
Yes, that's the definition of a service. Just not sure what your point is about talking about prostitutes as if one was steeling a service when they get raped. Steeling from creatives is rape or something?
Sex is a fleeting service.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.
saying that those who create are entitled to the value of what they create.
Here I was thinking we all deserved a giant meteor.
The publisher example is one of a difference in power and you're saying that IP is there to protect the author. Except this whole video is about how that doesn't happen anymore. The law is written and litigated by those with power.
The corporations exist to extract as much ownership as possible from the creative class, it is not a proxy ownership by those doing the collaborative work. See the recent WGA strike as an example. Unions and co-ops are the proxies, not corporations.
That's what tanking the EPA is for. Without any oversight of externalities, dirty energy becomes cheaper.