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Originally Posted by Farhad
every progress which mankind has made was initially ferociously opposed by reactionaries who always warned of a true apocalypse if any backward and immoral aspect of our society are abolished or even disobeyed. that is par for the course. in fact, we should expect that. after all, once somebody has fully assimilated corporate-speak terms like 'piracy' he/she is unlikely to do much critical thinking.
FYI - here is a great book about this mindset.
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I think you are exaggerating a wee bit. Certainly change (particularly) significant change can be met with skepticism -- it is pure human nature. Also I don't think it Authoritarian thinking (as covered by that book) that you are thinking of but more the mindset that maintains the status quo.
On thing I do believe is inevitable is that the current publishers must change their ways. They are actively blocking establishment of a new way of publishing books - ebooks in particular because they are attempting to maintain the status quo.
Changing the way a business works is a very different thing than claiming that the product has no value and should be free. That is not how society works, it will never work that way because of human nature. The kids these days (perhaps you two) think they are entitled to have everything laid out before them for free. They've never had to actually work for a living, never had to strive to obtain something, never had to pay the price to survive.
Do you know why?
It's because all the prior generation sacrificed life, limb and fortunes to make this country (U.S.A. - and many countries around the world) beacons of prosperity to provide comfort, shelter, and an easy life for their children.
And look at what it has become. A society of entitlement, whiners and slackers that think everything should be free.