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		_csoo on Nov 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of thei... Intellectual property shouldn't exist because it grants a monopoly on ideas which is a violation of property rights. It's an unnatural monopoly.

adrianN on Nov 11, 2016 [–]

Whether IP should exist or not is an age old debate, at least on the Internet. I don't think anything new can be contributed at this point.

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