Smorgasborg

things that would exist if intellectual property wasn't a thing

#there cant simply be no more IP we need acrive anti-IP enforcement #or else companies will still enforce various paywalls and implement DRM a bit differently on their own #same w medical formulas and tech we need active anti-patent anti-privatization enforcement or theyll find a way to withhold it for profit #IP laws are one of the tools of capitalism and colonialism #when increasing capital is the way the entire system works and benefits them #they will always find a way even if you get rid of IP #this isnt to say its useless this IS to say be more anti-IP now and then keep aiming higher

this is true, but right now to break DRM is super mega illegal and setting up shadow libraries sends you to jail, for life. people who hack video games get sent to jail. reverse engineering is illegal as fuck.

You could literally have all of this if IP were just severely limited instead of being abolished.

Some more specific ideas on this:

Haven’t had a chance to watch the tutorial yet, but I’m seriously considering making this for my gf’s niece

Poll cause I'm curious.

The modern world demands that we approve what it should not even dare ask us to tolerate.

People who say the U.S. has no culture clearly have never had the experience of chasing your cousin around the yard with a sparkler at a cookout, lips stained from cherry kool-aid and your grandmothers strawberry shortcake as the sun turns the sky gold and the air smells of woodsmoke and grass, or sang take me out to the ballpark with thousands of strangers, ballcap on your head and an overpriced hotdog in your hand as you root for a team for no reason other than hometown pride, or felt sheer terror as the rickety ferris wheel shifts under you as you reach the top, already sick from eating something that definitely shouldn't have been deep fried, and then the thrill of seeing the entire fairgrounds from up there turned pink as the sun sets, or driven down a backroad with all the windows down as the leaves turn bright orange with George Strait on the radio, or felt the hum of excitement from the crowd as the air fills with red dirt and the announcer calls out the name of the next bull rider, or sat on a blanket on a dark hillside somewhere surrounded by a few dozen other families as the town shoots off fireworks for the 4th,

#and then there’s other things that feel American like hayrides and apple pie#that kind of laidback 1960s rock’n’roll California coast vibe#the hustle and bustle of New York City#homecoming dances and prom#thinking the high school quarterback is so cool#not me though because I don’t really care about sports lol#seeing an entire field light up at night from a whole group of fireflies#corn on the cob!

#it's not country culture#it's not-big-city culture#this happens everywhere in America#maybe not exactly strawberry shortcake#or the smell of woodsmoke and grass#but it's still the same vibe all around#our smell is hot dirt and barley#and the taste is german scones