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1. jəˈrunˈprɑːt (jeroenpraat@todon.nl@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2018 21:44:15 UTC jəˈrunˈprɑːt

   😡 #Imperialism and #neocolonialism alive and kicking! 🔥 #patents 🔥

   *Ethiopia: Dutch Company Using Scientific Jargon to Avoid Teff Patent Right Controversy*

   ""For someone from Europe, in a different continent, to come and say we patented teff and the copyright is ours" an Ethiopian Kassahun Gebrehana, owner of the Little Addis Café in Maboneng, Johannesburg, shakes his head […] "Have they been eating it for centuries? We have.""

   https://allafrica.com/stories/201807230737.html

   #netherlands #ethiopia #teff #capitalism

   • jəˈrunˈprɑːt (jeroenpraat@todon.nl@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2018 21:48:54 UTC jəˈrunˈprɑːt

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     #pt You can do two things with #patents!

     1. ignore them

     2. destroy them

     I say ignore and destroy them!!! Patents, one of the most disgusting symbols of #capitalism!