And should we even have patent protection.
Let the business go to who gets it to me at the cheapest price and the best quality...now that is a truly free market...
I would wear a fake Rolex watch that was stopped..broken..just to hear stupid folk say..that's a great watch...I would get a kick out of that..but I had it fixed and started wearing it cause I got tired of pulling out the phone for the time...so much for my view on brands.
They, a real one are not good investments in my view...they are not too uncommon...one of my paintings will be worth more in five thousand years...if I cut off a body part.
I think most of us would not have our hobby of astronomy unless we were mirror makers if not for China. Heck just think what a eq6 is more or less a copy of...it's only $20k more however.
A hippy I know..on the dole.. said "..life ain't too bad now, I can go to town on pay day, buy a small genny ($100 to $150 two stroke) a small lap top and have enough left over for two weeks food."..heck when I was first married you had to be careful or you could miss a day eating and I was apparently well paid ... you did not buy a pair of shoes with a little more than loose change in your pocket...I was thinking of getting a fiber glass horse bow..under $100 ...for me it has never been so good and I thank my real invisable friends in China.
Alex
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