Technocracy

75 readers

7 users here now

For the promotion of a government that operates based on data, empirical evidence, and input from qualified experts in a field.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

EzraNaamah@lemmy.world

What Are Your Thoughts On Medication Patents? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by EzraNaamah@lemmy.world to c/technocracy@lemmy.world

1 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For those who don't know, medication patents are basically legal arrangements that mean when someone discovers or owns the rights to a drug or medication it cannot be legally made anywhere in the world without authorization from the corporation that owns the drug. Some countries are fighting against it because they don't have the money for medications their citizens need and some diseases are still causing casualties that are cured and manageable in the developed world. While medication patents are obviously not a technocratic policy and clearly exist to protect the benefits of the elite class, what are your thoughts on how Technocrats can possibly work against them or put political pressure on governments to allow people in the global south (And even the United States to be honest) to access lifesaving medicine and treatment?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Artificial scarcity is a crime against humanity that should be banned. Trade secrets, forbidding others from producing an invention, and patent trolling should be illegal, not built into law. All information should be public (anonymised). Every computer should have everything digital ever made.

Capitalism is a problem that should be replaced by a retroactively-estimating value-production reward system. The system should pay for the value produced anywhere in society, including to the drug inventor when a patient is healed, or to the producer when a copy of something is used to have fun, or when a product or service that was made with the help of it, produces value. Movie makers would get paid more if they received good ratings from consumers. Software makers would get paid more when their applications are used, but causing addiction would be fined. News Corp and cigarette makers would be fined for destroying value.