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Heh. Over here in the Netherlands, we see news headings like this, right below one another on the news websites:
"Government cutting X million from schools."
"Government to change public transport for students from gift to loan, saving Y millions."
"Department of Foreign Affairs grants (X + Y) * 2 millions to <insert country with known highly corrupt government here>."
It makes me want to do some bad things to people who make those kinds of decisions.
To get back to the topic of DRM and/or stealing: yes, with regard to those decisions, I feel like the government is "stealing" our education by cutting those funds, and giving them away to countries whose governments' officials will just pocket all or most of the money for themselves. (Public Transport passes are important for students here, because most cannot live close enough to their college/university, because there isn't enough housing available in most cities. Room prices are already up to €400 a month for a 4mx4m room in some cities. That's 75% of the rent of a decent apartment in some smaller cities.)
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