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You can’t steal an idea.
by alphanullmeric 3y ago
You can’t steal an idea.
- gavinhoward 3y agoYes, you can. You can do that by making the monetary value of the idea zero when it used to be non-zero.
- alphanullmeric 3y agoStealing requires physical force, whether that be on the property or person. By your logic, independently discovering the idea is also stealing.
- gavinhoward 3y agoStealing does not require physical force.
- alphanullmeric 3y agoSo again, I guess you’re stealing from me by coming up with the same idea that I had.
- gavinhoward 3y agoYou're being disingenuous. I would be stealing if I prevented you from making money from it.
- alphanullmeric 3y agoBy doing what exactly? Selling spades because you also figured out how to put a stone on a stick? If you believe such things should be illegal, do we agree that you don’t follow the force is only justified in response to force principle?
- gavinhoward 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader Then once smaller competitors are out of business, raise prices. Of course, force can go into it, such as when a big company sues a smaller company with a frivolous lawsuit that the smaller company can't afford to fight. Then the smaller company goes out of business, and the big company can use their ideas free.