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Capricorn2481 on Dec 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing

Are you aware the earth is older than the last few centuries? How can you even make a claim like this with a straight face? Copyright is rather new, art is ancient. Corporate meddling doesn't help the small indie artists, it boots them out of theaters to fill seats for avengers 7

WendyTheWillow on Dec 10, 2023 [–]

Your prior comments make it abundantly clear you've never heard of social contract theory before, or indeed the study of ethics.

Maybe start reading a few books about it, or take a class? You're trying to argue that ethics literally does not exist, which is quite a tall order.

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