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Re:AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Ja... by Ajedi32 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:52PM (#48766481)
> there continued to be people who decided what got built

The main distinction with capitalism is that the people who decide what gets built are private individuals in competition with each other, and incentivised by profit to meet the demands of consumers.

In communism the people who decide what gets built are part of a single central authority with no competitors and no profit motive. That system doesn't work, which is why it collapsed.

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Re:AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Ja... by kbelder on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:36PM (#48767693)
Plus, an important aspect of capitalism is that the employer/employee relationship is freely entered into or exited from on both sides. In communism, that typically isn't the case.
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