Alright guys, I am sure someone made this type of thread before, but what the hell is the TPP? Who is it good for? Who is it bad for? Why do people support/protest it? Is there a reason that both Hillary and Trump are against it? Also, how similar is the European version of the TPP?
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Carter Howard
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Aaron Gonzalez
the TPP allows US companies to sue foreign companies that steal their copyrights, patents, trademarks, etc.
it's good for the US and potentially good for other countries as well.
both candidates oppose it because their base is comprised of paranoid schizophrenics that fear the government. All voters see is a scary acronym and government activity. That by itself is enough to make them hate it, but on top of that they have people trying to explain why it's good which we all know means they're lying shills for the shadow government.
americans are retarded. If they weren't retarded they'd all be rich.
Angel Hernandez
Interesting. So why do people think that it somehow affects internet privacy? Is that just paranoia or does that come from the text of the bill? Or is it reddit tier hipsters reading "copyright" and going apeshit?
Owen Campbell
>the TPP allows US companies to sue foreign companies that steal their copyrights, patents, trademarks, etc.
it also allows Chinese companies to sue the US government for passing regulations that hurt their bottom line
Logan Scott
afaik it has little effect on internet privacy, which doesn't technically exist in the US anyways.
it would make it easier, e.g., for Disney to sue Veeky Forums for anonymous users posting Disney's copyrighted images here. So it has the potential to cripple youtube, facebook, reddit, whatever. All while severely limiting what individual users are allowed to post.
this is bound to happen eventually anyways, the stuff people post on the internet mostly doesn't belong to them and it's just a matter of time before the people that own it take it back.
Liam Roberts
>It's okay to destroy online communication because someone is going to do it eventually anyway
Jaxon Green
Wait a minute, so I am getting mixed messages here. Who can sue Whom in this agreement?
Asher Edwards
But I like Veeky Forums gifs.....
Nathaniel Phillips
Corporations can sue anyone if they can make an argument that they're gonna lose money.
Gabriel Collins
sort of true but mostly propaganda.
corporations can already sue anyone for any reason, including ones that won't hold up in court like that one.
the agreement does make it possible for Chinese companies to sue Americans for loss of profits due to competition,
but it doesn't mean they'll win.