Congress attempting to functionally extinguish copyright term limits, extend copyright protection to 140+ years; the 11th such extension in the past 40 years.
https://www.wired.com/story/congress-latest-move-to-extend-copyright-protection-is-misguided/
@profoundlynerdy a shining example of how deeply capitalism relies on state power. It's only by leveraging the power ot "big government" that the capitalist elite can thrive...
@Antanicus Capitalism can exist (and indeed thrive) without pulling the levers of state power. The US became an industrial power house with damned few laws and damned few regulations interfering with the free market.
I have faith in my countrymen, we will eventually find our way back to a minimalist law code and a genuinely free market.
>The US became an industrial power house with damned few laws and damned few regulations interfering with the free market.
-Killing thousands of workers and polluting the hell out of the land in the meantime... Regulations exist only because of the sociopathic nature of capitalists, not the other way around. In other words: had not factory owners put children to work, there would be no anti-child labor laws.