"We need to reward producers more and punish consumers so that Americans will produce more and consume less and rebuild our nation to its previous glory." That

"We need to reward producers more and punish consumers so that Americans will produce more and consume less and rebuild our nation to its previous glory." That's a very statist way of thinking, which is what Austrian/libertarians are opposed to. No libertarian should care about "rebuilding a nation's glory" because that's the sort of rhetoric heard from authoritarian nations. It is natural for people to want to consume. The reason people produce is so that they can be able to consume later on. What the article states is that removing patent protection from society (which is in line with removing government interference in business) is feasible, because the originators of content/ideas would still be able to profit by branding and earlier entrance into the marketplace, as opposed to expecting a government-sanctioned monopoly.