Headline: Musk company executive touts mystical capabilities of product line, stock price soars. Critics making reasonable arguments receive soft ridicule from click bating media sources, and stock owning stans, desperate for a piece of the action.

Putin is a player in this conflict and disregarding him is a mistake. Corporations might be culpable in allow foreign state actors to influence our elections but the door is wide open now and they have very little control over who else gets in. Laws against taking foreign donations are ineffective and need to be revised alongside revisions against Corporate political "speech".

Hardware patents, when properly vetted and enforced are a very strong incentive for invention and innovation.

The problem we've had with patent trolls and international enforcement stems from issues with the vetting process and enforcement oversight. These issues could be fixed, potentially saving the US economy billions a year, if anyone was motivated to fix them. I bet the patent enforcement issues that have arisen in the trade dispute with China could be easily settled if the US had a better managed patent system.