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		amrocha on Aug 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magne... Yes, I do think that, because that is literally what has happened before. Companies price their offerings so that the global north will buy it, and the global south will have to pay proportionately extortionate amounts, with no relation whatsoever to the cost of production or research.

avereveard on Aug 5, 2023 [–]

If that was the limit, the global South would be able to live in 2003 global North standards, because patents only last 20 years.

It seems so incredibly reductive to attribute global South issues to patents.

amrocha on Aug 5, 2023 | [–]

Never said it was the only issue. Reading comprehension.

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