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A Boring Dystopia
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I don't think that it's unreasonable to expect to recoup the millions you spent on R&D for developing a new crop.
Yes, the length of ownership should be much shorter, but until the world governments collapse, technological advancements cost money and resources.
If you remove the ability to recoup R&D costs before addressing the need for private r&d at all, you're going to stifle innovation.
This isn't an endorsement for the current system, but these processes will continue to exist until the current system is replaced.
Of r&d came from any sort of university program or study at the facilities by any graduate or undergrads we already paid for the r&d more than likely it’s like when the government sold means and military vehicles vans gear to local cops we already paid once for it the first time and we are getting charged again
You can argue that until you're blue in the face and it won't mean shit.
While the system of government these drugs/crops are developed under is capitalist, we're stuck with the same shit.
This is an instance of "don't hate the player, hate the game."
Until the game changes to socialism, this is the reality of drug development.