• JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Can you imagine how much harder it would be to be a corrupt asshole if instead of screwing over millions unnamed people, you had to go and look all 30 of the relevant people in your life in the face and go “I wanna suck the money out of you by becoming the sole proprietor of this tool”?

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      2 days ago

      The EU represents roughly 450 million people. I can hardly think of a patent that might affect only 30 people, given this number.

      Also, psychopaths exist on either side of the Atlantic.