• leftascenter@jlai.lu
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    7 hours ago

    If we are to abolish intellectual property, we might as well abolish all property (including land, patents and money as well

    That’s a bit messy.

    Patents are IP, with the caveat that they usually protect corporation over inventors.

    Money is a medium for measuring transactions. Hoarding it is very much like having people owing you a service.

    Land is more complex and needs for a society to clarify “property” first : property because of use or property in a more abstract way allowing others to use it for your benefit. This also implies a split between single-person usage (t’is my plot for I toil it for my family) and a more common use (10 persons toil the field which provides enough for 20).