Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
Except that you have no idea how economics work.
Brilliant counter-argument.
[QUOTE=Jon C]Hahahahahahaha. Middle-class white kid who has never worked a day in his life trap sprung. I'll reply in a minute, I almost had a spit-take on my monitor.[/QUOTE]
Your level of immaturity is getting really annoying.
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It's not the crime, it's the attitude.
"I broke the law, but I'm not going to tell anybody because it is objectively (or society deems it as) wrong." - Mature.
"I broke the LAW! WOO! I'm a rebel! FIGHT THE MACHINE!" - You
"I broke the law, but I'm not going to tell anybody because it is objectively (or society deems it as) wrong." - Mature.
"I broke the LAW! WOO! I'm a rebel! FIGHT THE MACHINE!" - You
Firstly, if society deemed it wrong, there wouldn't be the debate about copyrights going on on a large scale as there presently is. And something like a law tends to not be "objectively wrong"
Secondly, I've explained that I have reasons for believing what I believe, it's not "oh look I'm a rebel!" at all, I don't see how you get that from this conversation.
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...I see. So, whatever achievements John Doe made in order for him to come into enough money to buy a factory are worthless? Aren't you arguing for fair compensation? Make up your mind!
The ability to get enough money to do something like own a major company is a privilege only a minority of people have access to. This is of course not true to those who believe in the Myth of Economic Mobility.
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John Doe had the money to buy the factory. John Doe had the money to hire the employees. Why in god's name should they be entitled to something John Doe bought and paid for, just because they perform a service they are being compensated for?
Because this "equality of opportunity" to access something like the capital to own a factory is a myth. John Doe likely came from a privileged background, unless he is one of the rare exceptional rags to riches cases.
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I know you seem to like to think that businessmen and investors are just a bunch of lottery-winning knuckledraggers with a copy of Microsoft Excel but just like everything else you've posted in this thread, reality and your mc escher-esque twisted and deformed perception of it don't have a lot in common.
So basically what you're saying here is "No, I'm right!" without giving an actual reply.
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more of the same crap and a wikipedia link I'm not going to click on because I'm positive it's already been discredited by every reputable political scientist and economist as useful only as a thought exercise
Right, it is based on the free market and private property, so it probably has indeed been discredited.
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Yeah, no, you're full of it. Have you even talked to a venture capitalist? Or even looked into getting business financing before? No, you haven't, and this statement of yours is the proof.
Ideas are worthless. Venture capitalists don't give a flying frack what potato-shooting toaster/autoclave you're going to make. An exceptional person can make a miserable idea into a success. An exceptional idea won't save a miserable failure of a person. Venture capitalists won't even sign an NDA and they don't even care if you have a patent. They aren't investing in your idea. They aren't investing in your company, they aren't even investing in a "business related to the gaming industry." They are investing in you, the person. YOU. The guy they are talking to.
Ideas are worthless. Venture capitalists don't give a flying frack what potato-shooting toaster/autoclave you're going to make. An exceptional person can make a miserable idea into a success. An exceptional idea won't save a miserable failure of a person. Venture capitalists won't even sign an NDA and they don't even care if you have a patent. They aren't investing in your idea. They aren't investing in your company, they aren't even investing in a "business related to the gaming industry." They are investing in you, the person. YOU. The guy they are talking to.
I don't see the difference between this and what I said. They are still just trying to get a return on their investment. The reason that they pick "you" is because they think that you will get them money.
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Hey guys I went to a party at a poli sci dropout's house once and he started telling me about this great professor he had
blah blah blah more neomarxism crap that only angsty middle class pseudo-rebels believe in
blah blah blah more neomarxism crap that only angsty middle class pseudo-rebels believe in
Another non-reply.
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Yeah, right. By that you mean "My piracy is never wrong because I read a BLOG about it!"
When did I cite a Blog?
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You aren't standing up for a cause, you're just trying to get out of paying for your own damn worthless entertainment.
Ah, more baseless, childish personal attacks. Makes you look real tough over the internet.
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Great. So now we've confirmed that you know nothing about the game industry, about business, and about economics! We're off to a wonderful start.
And of course another "no, I'm right and your wrong" reply.