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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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