It's not patents that are broken, it's America that is broken. The goal of capitalism was to create a society in which people could come together and create som

It's not patents that are broken, it's America that is broken. The goal of capitalism was to create a society in which people could come together and create something bigger than an individual. The result has been exactly that -- corporations that are massively more powerful than the individual and systems so expensive and complicated to exist in that only corporations can take full advantage of them. In this environment, those corporations that are already huge have the upper hand. Until we can create a system in which individuals have power, the patent problem will continue to exist, as will the problems with health care, the tax code, property rights, environmental sanctity, and on and on... Patents are just one symptom of a broken system. Fixing the patent system won't fix America. Any changes to the Patent system are sure to benefit exactly the same powerful organizations that benefit from the broken system. Nothing will change until we change the focus of Congress from the corporations to the people.