Comment on We live in a post scarcity information society and we still haven't moved on from capitalism.

• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Patents and copyright are there to allow the inventor/creator an opportunity to monetize their invention.

  Yes, and they’re a dumb way of doing that because they are systems based on creating artificial scarcity where there is no actual need for it. The only need for creating scarcity is because capitalism requires things to be scarce for them to have value. Rather than looking at a system other than capitalism to reward creators, we spend billions of dollars and waste thousands of peoples lives dedicated to creating systems that enforce artificial scarcity.

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  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you reward inventors then?

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    • shalva97@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      it’s not just inventors, there are so many other people. Even if food is free who is going to keep or ship it to someone who needs it?

      I feel like most of the comments here are written by people who have never worked full time job and don’t know how hard it is. Most likely bunch of kids.

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      • vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This was reported for being hostile. Please keep your comments focused on the topic being discussed and do not attack the other people in the discussion.

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