Except raping a girl doesn't secure your company's future, thereby securing your future, your friends' futures and your family's future for generations to come. See how stupid your counter-argument is?

I can agree with this. Children are very impressionable of course and they are not very good at distinguishing fact from fiction. Parents probably sometimes forget this or view it as normal childish innocence, forgetting that a child can draw conclusions on other things based on their false knowledge and ideas seeded in formative years are of course persistent. Long running shows particularly become a fixture in the lives of children, and sometimes entire families. Disclaimer - This post based on limited personal experience.

There's a difference between illegal and wrong. If something can be copied indefinitely then it makes no sense for it to cost anything. There's a big picture of a post scarcity, post monetary world that's being missed here.

Worst case scenario it levels the playing field?

People are all born ignorant but stupidity must be taught.

That's one of Dante's nine stages of hell, isn't it?

They got paid to say that.

> yes, CCP hired an economist to write these
Oh that explains it.

The Federal Reserve Bank has a monopoly on money itself. It is the ultimate owner.

Noble Peace Prize on one hand, billionaire backslappers on the other. Hmm...

No, a fundamental problem with an almighty economy.

I immediately began reading that paragraph in a Viv Stanshall voice.

If the top 10% or can influence the economy more by trading amongst themselves than the other 90% then that is the problem. The politicians care about the GDP first and foremost.

Why can't it be a conspiracy theory and be true?

It's a flaw in the economic system that has only come to light in recent years, not anything to do with the value of automation technology.