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Stealing requires physical force, whether that be on the property or person. By your logic, independently discovering the idea is also stealing.
by alphanullmeric 3y ago
Stealing 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.