whatever this is it isn't democracy. maybe i'll call it demonocracy. government of the demons for the demons by the demons. confound you for fruitlessly seeking reason. there's a certain inevitability to the market economy. you can say it til you're blue in the face and you can't breathe no more—you can't take it to the grave! i just wonder what if jonas salk made the corona vaccine in this day and age, would he even be able to say are you gonna patent the sun? would his corporate masters say, jonas, jonas, don't be so naive—of course you can—you can patent anything we say you can.