• just_change_it@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    why the hell that level of inefficiency was tolerated.

    Patents, e.g. legal monopolies.

    Maybe fines and penalties for undercutting someone who holds a patent should be scrapped for nonprofit manufacturers of generics.

    Maybe profit should come second to the betterment of humanity.