So China is getting in on the patent race... and you believe that the eventual decision will be to do away with patents because it stifles innovation? If everyo

So China is getting in on the patent race... and you believe that the eventual decision will be to do away with patents because it stifles innovation? If everyone is doing it, then there's not going to be anyone competing the monopolies out of business with their innovation. I think the fallacy is that people think that democracy and "free" markets happen naturally (or organically). But the fact is that it's the opposite. Companies and people that pulled themselves up by their bootstraps do everything they can to stop other people from doing the same thing. It takes a lot of hard work stop monopolies and keep things fair. That's what allows innovation. But since the US doesn't even believe in public education or public health, for the middle class; I don't think they care much about giving small businesses a opportunity over the big ones either. It's the same way in Canadian telecom. Bell Canada has low caps and low bandwidth with HIGH overage fees. Their competitors offer the internet without bandwidth caps. So to stay competitive... Bell Canada made the government force the other ISP's to charge by bandwidth as well.