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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by natechols on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:54AM (#29874779)
Patents are enforced by governments that have massive amounts of guns and can shut down any company that violates them. I promise you nobody in the tech industry respects patents because of any "social contract".
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by lexapro on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:56AM (#29875740)
Governments only have that power precisely because there is a social contract. Read the definition.
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by ViViDboarder on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:38AM (#29876470)
No. They also have guns. Only a very small minority of people must abide by that social contract to enforce it, and those people are likely all part of the enforcement.
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Re:It is difficult for the average person to conceive of how... by lexapro on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:26PM (#29885872)
In a police state maybe, but I wasn't talking about that. And even in a police state you need acceptance of the people.
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