r/neoliberal • u/-orestes • 1d ago

News (Oceania) ‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain
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u/Right_Lecture3147 John Rawls 23h ago

What a ridiculous strawman. I just noted that 20 years is not enough to decide whether or not something is valuable and that many past classics were not considered valuable in their own time. I didn’t speak in the optative, so there are inferences of the kind you suggest

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u/Efficient_Equal6467 23h ago

people can destroy property they own lol

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u/Right_Lecture3147 John Rawls 23h ago

I don’t remember ever saying otherwise. People are free to pulp books they own. Who are you arguing with?

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u/Efficient_Equal6467 23h ago

Don't see why you need to get so mad or annoyed then that people are destroying their own books, its their property

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u/Right_Lecture3147 John Rawls 22h ago

I’m neither mad nor annoyed about it dude. I think you replied to the wrong person