capitalism
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an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
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fascism
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1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.
3. a nationalistic and anti-Communist system of government like that of Italy 1922-43, where all aspects of society are controlled by the state and all criticism or opposition is suppressed.
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authoritarianism
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a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people.
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China, of which you regularly encourage emulation, is an authoritarian and extremely repressive regime which regularly violates human rights.
i don't accept that my --in fact,
the entire world's-- personal freedom and privacy should be compromised because you think your earning money should take precedence, especially since as so many have explained already there is no reason to believe that the two are at all linked.
you yourself have acknowledged that despite your inexplicable alarmist tendencies, your books which are available illegally online continue to sell as well as or better than the others :
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(...) both books [available as illegal downloads] have slightly higher sales than the others... but only by a minute margin, too small to be conclusive in itself. The sales numbers of most of my books are roughly the same, across the board, as they have been since the SJB went online.
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Overall, I can say that the Darknetting of two of my e-books does not appear to have impacted my sales, positively OR negatively, in any significant way.
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perhaps, if you're not rich and famous yet, it's because you're just another writer, like the millions of other writers out there, and writing has NEVER been a good way to make money, including long before the internet existed, and it has NOTHING to do with whether or not your books are available as illegal downloads. who was who recently reminded us of the first piece of advice to give a writer : "don't quit your day job."