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Mandatory Steve Jobs quote [1].

There is a deep-seated myth that capitalism creates innovation. Capitalism builds enclosures, first quite literally [2] and now through intellectual property, rent-seeking, legislative barriers and so on to keep competitors out.

Look at the story of Tetris, invented by a few guys in the USSR for fun, basically. And what did the Western capitalists do? They simply licensed, re-licensed, sub-licensed that creation.

Printer companies maximize profit by creating enclosures. Limitations on ink, control of the drivers and so on. There's no motivation to innovate. industry is ossified.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGKsbt5wii0

[2]: https://www.joewrote.com/p/the-origin-of-capitalism-the-encl...



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