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Re:Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR p... by Timwi on Sunday November 17, 2024 @06:56AM (#42163695)
“private companies and/or private individuals making money” is the core and quintessential foundation of capitalism.
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Re:Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR p... by moralestapia on Sunday November 17, 2024 @01:59PM (#42166126)
Oh, I see. Yeah that could be worded better.

I really like capitalism but the benefit of some particular private companies and/or private individuals over others is of no real importance for me. I'm (almost) a free market absolutist.

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Re:Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR p... by Timwi on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:32AM (#42183216)
A capitalist free market inevitably leads to monopolies.
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Re:Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR p... by moralestapia on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @10:59PM (#42190711)
Yes! Hence why I wrote "(almost)" there.

Some regulation is needed to make things fairer, and actually better. But in my preferred mix of capitalism, patents wouldn't be a thing.

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