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This used to be called war profiteering and was a crime and a great shame to those who did it. We need to get rid of the patent system and dramatically overhau
by silexia 5y ago
This used to be called war profiteering and was a crime and a great shame to those who did it.
We need to get rid of the patent system and dramatically overhaul intellectual property to increase competition and reduce barriers to entry.
- primitivesuave 5y agoTotally agree that this should be called war profiteering, although I don't think the people who engaged in it were shamed in the slightest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust