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For Better 'Tech Rights' in the United States (and the World at Large) the 'Orange Man' Needs to Go

Not that Mr. Biden is good, but he's clearly the "lesser evil" when it comes to "tech policy"

SF City Hall at night on Election Day 2018
SF City Hall at night on Election Day 2018, CC BY-SA 4.0 by Mrbeastmodeallday



Summary: With less than a fortnight before election day we explain our stance from a purely tech-related rationale

THE election day in the United States (US) is fast approaching. We never endorse politicians in any country. Most politicians are professional liars and in the US they notoriously run for their "campaign contributors", who clearly look for something in return. This form of 'legalised' bribery isn't unique to the US, but maybe it is most grotesque there (relative to other Western countries).



I am the MafiaVoting is an opportunity for the public to have a say about how this public is being governed. In a two-party system, where both parties are funded by overlapping interests that favour war/imperialism and ignore the destruction of this planet (the only planet we have and will ever deem inhabitable for human life), the public is limited to "saying" little of significance.

This election cycle is a bit different however. As far as Techrights is concerned, we've seen major regressions in the way patent reform was handled and even thwarted.

I work for MAFIAAHours ago we learned that Mr. Iancu, the mole (a Donald Trump associate) at the USPTO, is looking to crush patent quality by looking for more excuses to weaken Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes reviews (IPRs), in defiance of what high courts (Federal Circuit and SCOTUS) have repeatedly ruled. This isn't the exception from this regime. It's just more of the same. The past 4 years have been a rollercoaster of crimes, corruption, nepotism, and cover-up. Those who choose to vote for the "lesser evil" next month are basically giving a big middle finger (and a loud "FUCK YOU!") to all that.

We're not telling people how to vote. But we merely convey the simple fact that this regime -- as far as technology and patents go -- is on our very opposite side. US citizens cannot end plutocracy, but if once in 4 years they can make a little difference, then why the heck not?

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