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The one thing I can't reconcile about BG is how he could supposedly be in favor of helping the poor and especially poor regions like Africa, but then support #I
by breck 6y ago
The one thing I can't reconcile about BG is how he could supposedly be in favor of helping the poor and especially poor regions like Africa, but then support #ImaginaryProperty laws (copyrights and patents), which absolutely crush the poor. He is with one hand supposedly trying to help India and with the other hand part of the conglomerate trying to get India to block SciHub at the ISP level, cutting a billion people off from access to the world's scientific knowledge.
I just can't figure that one out. The only possibility I can see is that he came to that realization about the public domain late, and Microsoft's recent moves toward open source are him quietly but methodically turning the aircraft carrier around.
- sand_castles 6y agoThere is a big difference in power and being helpful. Scammers are always helpful, and PIMPs tend to give gift to their subject. BC like being the PIMP, but won't accept somebody else having the power to be self-sufficient.