That ' s mainly a US problem . In the US , you could , more or less , pick up a rock from the ground and patent it . I suspect the US patent laws are so lax because , through treaties , other countries are bound to honor US patents , which , of course , benefits the US . In most countries , standards required for patents are set higher . Just look at , for example , software patents . <| sep |> What ? That ' s an entire cityscape . There ' s nothing rearthporn about it <| sep |> If you stay Long enough to understand the bullshit , the Chinese will criticise you for staying so long <| sep |> That is a fucking baller BSB tho <| sep |> I ' m more than a decade older and I still act the same way <| sep |> And yet we have plenty of evidence of the damage being done today , but you ' re quick to jump on UBI and say it ' s worse .