I for one would love to know how the inexistence of patents and copyrights would affect the world. I actually believe that in such a hypothetical world, the absense of such things would only help foster innovation and welfare, while research and development would ofcourse still remain profitable. Even with the absense of a copyright law, the creator would still be able to monetize his or her efforts (whilst taking the necessary precautions inorder to be recognized as the creator, as all creators of art cherish first that their works of art be appreciated by as many as possible, and second in taking pride for being recognized for their work, as it should be). After all, socialized economics is the only truth. By the same token that I must be taxed for income that I make online, I can argue that all things currently copyrightable and patentable are derived from my input, given that we live in a socialized nation. Let art be art, for art's sake. And let a nation not be dictated by capitalism and the pursuit of meaningless wealth, when to lead a healthy life one does not need to probably be worth more than 5-10 mln dollars (not that being super rich / >10mln usd needs to be prohibited - let's just tax them much, much more than now).
The taxation system needs to be fixed. Let's close the offshore loopholes, tax the high class and corporations much more effectively and much more heavily (since when do they need to be subsidized? I don't see how subsidizing them helps the middle and lower class - I infact see a return to the fifties, when taxation was much more balanced), lower taxes for the middle and low class, make taxation more transparent and more elegant, destroy lobbies, and streamline gov't expenditure. Military expenditure can be reduced by colluding and merging with similar countries, e.g. North America and the European Union.
Not that I doubt that all of what I said is going to be reality, by the end of this century. Logic (what is just and what is wrong - beauty, the infinite, or God) is linear and leads to only one truth (beauty, the infinite, or God), not several. For now though, I have high hopes in the Obama administration.
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I for one would love to know how the inexistence of patents and copyrights would affect the world. I actually believe that in such a hypothetical world, the absense of such things would only help foster innovation and welfare, while research and development would ofcourse still remain profitable. Even with the absense of a copyright law, the creator would still be able to monetize his or her efforts (whilst taking the necessary precautions inorder to be recognized as the creator, as all creators of art cherish first that their works of art be appreciated by as many as possible, and second in taking pride for being recognized for their work, as it should be). After all, socialized economics is the only truth. By the same token that I must be taxed for income that I make online, I can argue that all things currently copyrightable and patentable are derived from my input, given that we live in a socialized nation. Let art be art, for art's sake. And let a nation not be dictated by capitalism and the pursuit of meaningless wealth, when to lead a healthy life one does not need to probably be worth more than 5-10 mln dollars (not that being super rich / >10mln usd needs to be prohibited - let's just tax them much, much more than now).
The taxation system needs to be fixed. Let's close the offshore loopholes, tax the high class and corporations much more effectively and much more heavily (since when do they need to be subsidized? I don't see how subsidizing them helps the middle and lower class - I infact see a return to the fifties, when taxation was much more balanced), lower taxes for the middle and low class, make taxation more transparent and more elegant, destroy lobbies, and streamline gov't expenditure. Military expenditure can be reduced by colluding and merging with similar countries, e.g. North America and the European Union.
Not that I doubt that all of what I said is going to be reality, by the end of this century. Logic (what is just and what is wrong - beauty, the infinite, or God) is linear and leads to only one truth (beauty, the infinite, or God), not several. For now though, I have high hopes in the Obama administration.