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All of it. By pirating you support other pirates and oppose copyright, which should be abolished. The more people disregard copyright, the closer we are to getting rid of it.
I agree with the concept but folks sitting around downloading stuff from TPB are not actually taking the fight to copyright laws in any sense of the word. Even if that were the case it sure isn't motivating people. The desire to enjoy the thing is the driver 99.99% of the time.
It doesn't matter what their motivations are. What matters is the cultural normalization of willful copyright violation. I think that is the most important driver of major changes to law. In a democracy what matters is how the public feels about it, what they regard as normal, and that depends on how they and the people around them actually live. IMO the core reason we get things like gay marriage and legal weed is because of all the people openly being gay and smoking weed despite the law hating on them for it.
That’s actually a pretty compelling argument when you put it that way. I’m not sure I’m entirely sold, but I’ve got a lot to chew on here. Appreciate your elaborating!