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I disagree, we should educate people that we should value the work of those who produce ideas as much as the work of those who work with their hands. Why should authors, programmers, and others subsist on handouts? Ok, some may choose to, that is fine. But the choice should be THEIRS. And we all must realize yes, we can take books for free, but we don't because we know that taking something that doesn't belong to us is wrong. We don't take physical goods, even when we know we could get away with it. Why this arbitrary distinction? Don't take what isn't yours, period.
It is especially tragic to hear this from people from Western countries. Once ideas (patents, books, software, design) become valueless, then what kind of work can Westerners hope for?
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